Document 2: Royal Order Issued by King Philip II Establishing the Foundation of the Holy Office of the Inquisition in the Indies. Madrid, January 25, 1569. This document asserts that the Catholic Faith is conserved in purity …show more content…
The Inquisitors were also required to create a Registry Books containing their oaths, imprisonment issues and prisoners’ information.
Document 4: Instructions and the Order That Should Be Maintained and Followed by Commissaries of the Holy Office of the Inquisition in New Spain. Madrid, 1667. The document claims that commissaries were provided with copies of Holy Office instructions to guide them in exercising their office work. Some of the instructions included obtaining testimonies of the witnesses, examining people named as witnesses, and not examining or calling the accused to respond on what he or she has been testified against.
Document 5: Zapata, A. (1632). General Rules and Orders Taken from the New Index of Prohibited and Purged Books for the Spanish Catholic Kingdoms of King Philip IV. According to this document, there were rules against production of specific books such as La Celestina as well as some pages that addressed specific issues. In connection with this, the document clams that the books that revived heresies and translation of the New Testament were forbidden. In addition to this, the document claims that reading of Sacred Books was influenced by the decision of an