inquisitors

Unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book; who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye; because real thoughts come from outside and travel with us like the noodle soup we take to work; in other words, inquisitors burn books in vain.

Foreword: to a blank text Raymond Gibson 2011

From the foregoing narrative it is evident, that the inquisitors are a set of libidinous villains, lost to every just idea of religion, and totally destitute of humanity.

Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs John Foxe

On the witness stand in Washington he denied that he had had any direct communication with God by revelation; and then he returned to Utah and pleaded from the pulpit that on this point he had lied in Washington in order to escape saying what his "inquisitors" had wished him to say in order to "get him into a trap."

Under the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Priestcraft Frank Jenne Cannon 1902

Nigel, however, resolved, as he was not a Frenchman, not to part with his Bible; and, in case a domiciliary visit should be paid by the "inquisitors," having placed it in a box and buried it in the garden among some thick trees, he and

Villegagnon A Tale of the Huguenot Persecution William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Nigel, however, resolved, as he was not a Frenchman, not to part with his Bible; and, in case a domiciliary visit should be paid by the "inquisitors," having placed it in a box and buried it in the garden among some thick trees, he and

Exiled for the Faith A Tale of the Huguenot Persecution William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

As a concession to popular, prejudice, the words "spiritual judges" were substituted for "inquisitors" wherever that expression had occurred in the original draft.

The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84) John Lothrop Motley 1845

As a concession to popular, prejudice, the words "spiritual judges" were substituted for "inquisitors" wherever that expression had occurred in the original draft.

PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845

As a concession to popular, prejudice, the words "spiritual judges" were substituted for "inquisitors" wherever that expression had occurred in the original draft.

The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 05: 1559-60 John Lothrop Motley 1845

As a concession to popular, prejudice, the words "spiritual judges" were substituted for "inquisitors" wherever that expression had occurred in the original draft.

The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-66) John Lothrop Motley 1845

Flocks of the nation's best and most highly-trained prison guards and, umm, "inquisitors" (think Jack Bauer) would relocate to Kansas City.

Gone Mild 2009