Inquisition (disambiguation)

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Inquisition may refer to:

• Inquisition, a group of institutions within the judicial system of the Roman Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy
• Inquisitorial system, a common legal procedure where the tribunal is actively involved in determining the facts of the case

Historical events

• Goa Inquisition, run by Portuguese colonials in Goa for nearly 200 years
• Literary Inquisition in Chinese history
• Medieval Inquisition, including Episcopal Inquisition and Papal Inquisition
• Mexican Inquisition
• Netherlands Inquisition
• Peruvian Inquisition
• Portuguese Inquisition
• Roman Inquisition
• Spanish Inquisition, an ecclesiastical tribunal established in 1478 by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms

Literature

• Inquisition: The Persecution and Prosecution of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, a book by Carlton Sherwood about Sun Myung Moon
• The New Inquisition, a book by Robert Anton Wilson critical of the application of the scientific method in the 20th century

Music

• Inquisition (metal band), a Colombian-American black metal band
• Inquisition (punk band), a hardcore punk band based in Richmond, Virginia, United States
• "Inquisition" (song), a single by Skinny Puppy

Television and film

• "The Inquisition" (Captain Scarlet), an episode of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
• "Inquisition" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• "Inquisition" (Stargate Atlantis), a 2008 episode of Stargate Atlantis.
• "Inquisition" (The Unit), an episode of The Unit
• Inquizition, a 1998-2001 game show
• "The Spanish Inquisition" (Monty Python), a comedy sketch from which the phrase "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" originated

Other

• The Inquisition (underground newspaper), an underground newspaper from Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
• Inquisition (video game), a video game by Wanadoo Edition
• Dragon Age: Inquisition, the third installment of the Dragon Age series
• Inquisition (Warhammer 40,000), an organisation from the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe

See also

• All pages beginning with "inquisition"
• All pages with titles containing inquisition
• Inquest