A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 2

by Henry Charles Lea

[21] Archivo de Simancas, Inquisicion, Libro 688, fol. 228, 517; Libro 939, fol. 69.

[22] Concil. Tarraconens. ann. 1591, Lib. v, Tit. vi, Cap. 2 (Aguirre, VI, 319).

[23] Decreta Sac. Congr. S. Officii, p. 284 (R. Archivio di Stato in Roma, Fondo camerale, Congr. del S. Offizio, vol. 3).

The policy of the Roman Inquisition was wholly different. It recognized the traditional jurisdiction of the bishops and invited their coöperation. The bishop issued edicts at his discretion and could initiate prosecutions. Concurrence of course was necessary in sentences of torture and final judgement, but, if the bishop were the prosecutor, the inquisitor went to the episcopal palace for the consultations and also in other cases when the bishop acted personally and not by his Ordinary. It was all in accordance with the Clementines, except that all definitive sentences required confirmation by the Congregation.—Ibid. pp. 174-5, 177, 266-8, 272-3.

[24] Archivo de Simancas, Inquisicion, Lib. 45, fol. 168.

[25] Modo de Proceder, fol. 107 (Bibl. nacional, MSS., D, 122).

[26] Libro XIII de Cartas (MSS. of Am. Philos. Society).

[27] Benedicti PP. XIV de Synodo diœcesana, Lib. IX, cap. iv, n. 3.

[28] Archivo de Simancas, Lib. 78, fol. 80.

[29] Ibidem, Lib. 83, fol. 106.