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To say that the INQUISITION, the most fearful scourge of persecution in history, which the Catholic Church hath used against genuine Christians, whom she has been silencing and censuring for centuries, is still in existence in the 20th century, imposed by Catholicism, is a very different subject to comprehend, and taboo; because of (the) historical ignorance and the excommunications which those who are dedicated to the truth suffer.  These faithful Christians fear not to speak their conscience, and undertake the great task of speaking the truth and opening the eyes of thousands of Catholic believers, who have been falsely educated concerning the truth about the Catholic Inquisition and its consequences.

I remember that when I was educated to be a priest in the seminary of Sevilla, whose library is one of the most complete in Spain, and which also serves as a librarian, that all the books about the INQUISITION written by the classic reformers of Christianity, Protestants, etc., were prohibited reading to the seminarists, being occulted apart and censored as diabolical books. I had the privilege to investigate the whys, wherefores, and fears that they had about those books getting into the hands of the seminarists.  The same as sex books, they were set apart. And if any student was caught reading them or showing too much interest in them, he was obligated to repent and obey penance imposed. I was punished for wanting to learn about the Protestant Reformation. Why that strange interest in hiding the truth?  Why deprive students of the free access to this vital information, and to the human rights of intellectual investigation? Why are all the biblical books written by true Christians such as Capriano de Valera and Casiodoro de Reina, priests who were my compatriots of Sevilla, and whose bible translations into Spanish, the first ones, are still mentioned into this day, censured? And there bibles prohibited?  I affirm that the INQUISITION was rather the idea of Satan, who didn’t want the message of salvation to humanity to be known, than of God, who does.  The INQUISITION, still mentions its censorship and INDEX VATICANUM excumulgatorio in the twentieth century. It is incredible that in the twentieth century, when liberties and human rights give us freedom of belief, of conscience, of free opinion, of assembly, and to think freely, Rome still wants to impose the INQUISITION impudently, which suppresses genuine human values, censures, defames, and slanders reformist writers, whom she censures using the seal of Nihil Obstat Imprimatur and forces to stop writing anything against Catholicism if they want their books printed, and deprives us of the right to write and opine freely.

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