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Tomás de Torquemada
Grand Inquisitor of Spain (–)
Tomás de Torquemada[a]OP (14 October – 16 September ), also anglicized as Thomas of Torquemada, was a Roman CatholicDominican friar and first Castillian Grand Inquisitor of the Tribunal of the Holy Office, which was a group of ecclesiastical prelates created in and charged with the somewhat ill-defined task of "upholding Catholic religious orthodoxy" within the lands of the newly formed union of the crowns of Castile and Aragon, presently known as the Kingdom of Spain.
In part because of persecution, Muslims and Jews in Castile and Aragon at that time funnen it socially, politically, and economically advantageous to omvandla to Catholicism (see Converso, Morisco, and Marrano).[1] The existence of superficial converts from Judaism (i.e., Crypto-Jews)[2] was perceived by the Catholic Monarchs as a threat to the religious and social life in their realms.[3] This led Torquemada, who himse
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Tomáš Halík
Czech Catholic priest, philosopher, and theologian
Tomáš Halík (Czech:[ˈtoma:ʒˈɦali:k];[1] born 1 June ) is a Czech Catholic priest, philosopher, and theologian. He is a professor of sociology at the Charles University in Prague, pastor of the Academic Parish by St. Salvator Church in Prague, and president of the Czech Christian Academy.
Since , Halík has lectured at universities and international scientific conferences in Europe, the United States, Asia, Australia, Canada, and Southern Africa. He was also a visiting professor at Oxford University, Cambridge University and Harvard University.[2]
He is an author of several books on religion and spirituality and a recipient of numerous awards and prizes including the Templeton Prize,[3]Romano Guardini Prize[4] and an honorary degree from Oxford University.[5] In , Pope Benedict XVI granted him the title of Monsignor Honorary Prelate of His Holiness.[2& • () Combining the theological principles of faith with the philosophical principles of reason, Saint Thomas Aquinas ranked among the most influential thinkers of medieval Scholasticism. An authority of the Roman Catholic Church and a prolific writer, Aquinas died on March 7, , at the Cistercian monastery of Fossanova, near Terracina, Latium, Papal States, Italy. The son of Landulph, count of Aquino, Saint Thomas Aquinas was born circa in Roccasecca, Italy, near Aquino, Terra di Lavoro, in the Kingdom of Sicily. Thomas had eight siblings, and was the youngest child. His mother, Theodora, was countess of Teano. Though Thomas' family members were descendants of Emperors Frederick I and Henry VI, they were considered to be of lower nobility. Before Saint Thomas Aquinas was born, a holy hermit shared a prediction with his mother, foretelling that her son would enter the Order of Friars Preachers, become a great learne
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