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According to document 1, what is the Pope saying in regards to the inquisitors? Explain the consequences of breaking the church's declaration. Cite 1 piece of evidence from document 1.

According to document 1, what is the Pope saying in regards to the inquisitors? Explain the consequences of breaking the church's declaration. Cite 1 piece of evidence from document 1.

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1. According to document 1, what is the Pope saying in regards to the inquisitors? Explain the consequences of breaking the church's declaration. Cite 1 piece of evidence from document 1.
Directions: Read & review the two documents below. Fill in the short answer questions. Document 1: Papal Bull Against Witches by Pope Innocent VIII In 1484, Pope Innocent VIII wrote a papal bull (a document carrying the weight of Church law), authorizing two inquisitors, Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger, to carry out investigations to find and punish witches in parts of Germany. In the late 15th century, Europe became consumed with the idea that witches in the service of the Devil were out to overthrow Christian society. These witches were deemed responsible for many of the common ills Europeans faced at this time, including epidemics, the death of children, damaged crops, and infertility. Local church officials initially opposed Kramer's efforts; in response, the bull was issued to grant him explicit authority to conduct inquisitions. The bull, known as Summis desiderantes affectibus, is excerpted below. Primary Source: Desiring with supreme ardor (extreme energy) , as pastoral(of or relating to spiritual care) solutictude (state of being anxious or concerned) requires, that the catholic faith in our days everywhere grow and flourish as much as possible, and that all heretical pravity( evilness resulting from not following church teachings) be put farfrom the territories of the faithful, we freely declare and anew decree this by which our pious desire may be fulfilled, and, all errors being rooted out by our toil as with the hoe of a wise laborer, zeal and devotion to this faith may take deeper hold on the hearts of the faithful themselves. It has recently come to our ears, not without great pain to us, that in some parts of upper Germany, as well as in the provinces, cities, territories, regions, and dioceses of Mainz, Koln, Trier, Salzburg, and Bremen (sections of Germany), many persons of both sexes, heedless of their own salvation and forsaking the catholic faith, give themselves over to devils male and female, and by their incantations, charms, and conjurings, and by other abominable superstitions and sorcery, offences, crimes, and misdeeds, ruin and cause to perish the offspring of women, young animals, the products of the earth, the grapes of vines, and the fruits of trees, as well as men and women, cattle and flocks and herds and animals of every kind, vineyards also and orchards, meadows, pastures, harvests, grains and other fruits of the earth; that they afflict and torture with dire pains and anguish, both internal and external, these men, women, cattle, flocks, herds, and animals, and hinder men from begetting (fathering a child) and women from conceiving, and prevent all consummation of marriage ( having sexual intercourse to make marriage official); that, moreover, they deny with sacrilegious (violation of the sacred) lips the faith they received in holy baptism; and that, at the instigation of the enemy of mankind, they do not fear to commit and perpetrate many other abominable offences and crimes, at the risk of their own souls, to the insult of the di-vine majesty and to the pernicious example and scandal of multitudes... We therefore, desiring, as is our duty, to remove all impediments by which in any way the said inquisitors are hindered (created obstacles, challenged, slowed down) in the exercise of their office, and to prevent the taint of heretical pravity and of other like evils from spreading their infection to the ruin of others who are innocent, the zeal of religion especially forcing us, in
Transcribed Image Text:Directions: Read & review the two documents below. Fill in the short answer questions. Document 1: Papal Bull Against Witches by Pope Innocent VIII In 1484, Pope Innocent VIII wrote a papal bull (a document carrying the weight of Church law), authorizing two inquisitors, Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger, to carry out investigations to find and punish witches in parts of Germany. In the late 15th century, Europe became consumed with the idea that witches in the service of the Devil were out to overthrow Christian society. These witches were deemed responsible for many of the common ills Europeans faced at this time, including epidemics, the death of children, damaged crops, and infertility. Local church officials initially opposed Kramer's efforts; in response, the bull was issued to grant him explicit authority to conduct inquisitions. The bull, known as Summis desiderantes affectibus, is excerpted below. Primary Source: Desiring with supreme ardor (extreme energy) , as pastoral(of or relating to spiritual care) solutictude (state of being anxious or concerned) requires, that the catholic faith in our days everywhere grow and flourish as much as possible, and that all heretical pravity( evilness resulting from not following church teachings) be put farfrom the territories of the faithful, we freely declare and anew decree this by which our pious desire may be fulfilled, and, all errors being rooted out by our toil as with the hoe of a wise laborer, zeal and devotion to this faith may take deeper hold on the hearts of the faithful themselves. It has recently come to our ears, not without great pain to us, that in some parts of upper Germany, as well as in the provinces, cities, territories, regions, and dioceses of Mainz, Koln, Trier, Salzburg, and Bremen (sections of Germany), many persons of both sexes, heedless of their own salvation and forsaking the catholic faith, give themselves over to devils male and female, and by their incantations, charms, and conjurings, and by other abominable superstitions and sorcery, offences, crimes, and misdeeds, ruin and cause to perish the offspring of women, young animals, the products of the earth, the grapes of vines, and the fruits of trees, as well as men and women, cattle and flocks and herds and animals of every kind, vineyards also and orchards, meadows, pastures, harvests, grains and other fruits of the earth; that they afflict and torture with dire pains and anguish, both internal and external, these men, women, cattle, flocks, herds, and animals, and hinder men from begetting (fathering a child) and women from conceiving, and prevent all consummation of marriage ( having sexual intercourse to make marriage official); that, moreover, they deny with sacrilegious (violation of the sacred) lips the faith they received in holy baptism; and that, at the instigation of the enemy of mankind, they do not fear to commit and perpetrate many other abominable offences and crimes, at the risk of their own souls, to the insult of the di-vine majesty and to the pernicious example and scandal of multitudes... We therefore, desiring, as is our duty, to remove all impediments by which in any way the said inquisitors are hindered (created obstacles, challenged, slowed down) in the exercise of their office, and to prevent the taint of heretical pravity and of other like evils from spreading their infection to the ruin of others who are innocent, the zeal of religion especially forcing us, in
order that the provinces, cities, dioceses, territories, and places previously mentioned in the said parts of upper Germany may not be deprived of the office of inquisition which is their due, do hereby decree, by virtue of our apostolic authority, that it shall be permitted to the said inquisitors in these regions to exercise their office of inquisition and to proceed to the correction, imprisonment, and punishment of the aforesaid persons for their said offences and crimes, in all respects and altogether precisely... And they shall also have full and entire liberty to discuss and preach to the faithful the word of God, as often as it shall seem to them fitting and proper, in each and all of the parish churches in the said provinces, and to do all things necessary and suitable under the previously said circumstances, and likewise freely and fully to carry them out. .Let no man, therefore, dare to break the terms this page of our declaration, extension, grant, and mandate, or with rash hardihood (showing a rude lack of respect) to contradict it. If any presume to attempt this, let him know that he incurs the wrath of almighty God and of the blessed apostles Peter and Paul. Given in Rome, at St. Peter's, in the year of Our Lord's incarnation 1484, on the nones [5th] of December, in the first year of our office of the pope.
Transcribed Image Text:order that the provinces, cities, dioceses, territories, and places previously mentioned in the said parts of upper Germany may not be deprived of the office of inquisition which is their due, do hereby decree, by virtue of our apostolic authority, that it shall be permitted to the said inquisitors in these regions to exercise their office of inquisition and to proceed to the correction, imprisonment, and punishment of the aforesaid persons for their said offences and crimes, in all respects and altogether precisely... And they shall also have full and entire liberty to discuss and preach to the faithful the word of God, as often as it shall seem to them fitting and proper, in each and all of the parish churches in the said provinces, and to do all things necessary and suitable under the previously said circumstances, and likewise freely and fully to carry them out. .Let no man, therefore, dare to break the terms this page of our declaration, extension, grant, and mandate, or with rash hardihood (showing a rude lack of respect) to contradict it. If any presume to attempt this, let him know that he incurs the wrath of almighty God and of the blessed apostles Peter and Paul. Given in Rome, at St. Peter's, in the year of Our Lord's incarnation 1484, on the nones [5th] of December, in the first year of our office of the pope.
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