Believe you me he is trying to tame the Wild west one person at a time if it is God's Will. He is considering himself as Judge, jury and executioner. By all means he will get what he wants and he will serve punishment personally from his hands. Garrot is his favorite means but will take to protecting himself with a knife. It is known that the church does not shed blood, but here in the Wild West these heathens don't fight fair. So he take matters into his own hands, by any means possible. BTW this priest has learned how to use a black powder weapon to protect himself and frineds he finds.
after the marrying of his friend named Granny to crooked leg, it has become interesting. We now have comed to freeing many of slaves and gathering much gold for the building of many mission in these Badlands. Hopefully we have given the GM a headache he will not forget anytime soon. More info on the priest as the game continues. Below is alittle information on the topic of spanish Inquistion.
The Spanish Inquisition was a legally constituted court founded under Ferdinand and Isabella of Castile in 1478 to suppress heresies within the Catholic Church. After concerted efforts to induce Jews and Muslims to accept Christianity - through social and economic pressure and also through special events such as the Disputation at Tortosa in 1413 - it became apparent to the Spanish monarchy that many of the "converted" remained loyal to their pre-conversion traditions and practices. The Inquisition was formulated, primarily under control of the Spanish monarch, as a means of identifying and punishing such converts.
In the history of the Catholic Inquisition, the Spanish Inquisition is especially well-known, particularly in the nature of the auto de fe, or trials, of converted Muslims, Jews, and Illuminists. This Inquisition also gave rise to the Peruvian Inquisition and the Mexican Inquisition, which continued until those countries split off from Spain.
The Inquisition was removed during Napoleonic rule (1808–1812), but reinstituted when Ferdinand VII of Spain recovered the throne. It was officially ended on 15 July 1834. Schoolmaster Cayetano Ripoli, garroted to death in Valencia on July 26, 1826 (allegedly for teaching Deist principles), was the last person executed by the Spanish Inquisition
The Inquisition was a religious court operated by Church authorities, but in contrast to other Inquisitions it did so under the supervision of the Spanish crown. If a person was found to be heretical, they were turned over ("relaxed") to the secular authorities to be punished, since "the Church does not shed blood". Torture was often used to gain confessions. Punishments ranged from public shame (dressing in the sambenito) to burning at the stake. Burning at the stake was carried out after death by garroting (strangulation) for those who repented; burning alive was for the unrepentant; and in effigy for those condemned in absentia. These punishments were conducted in public ceremonies called auto de fe that could last a whole day. The clerical members of the tribunal were assisted by civilians (familiares). The office of familiar of the Inquisition was very prestigious.
Many people made such accusations out of revenge, or to gain rewards from the Crown. The Crown itself may have been behind some of the allegations, in the desire to appropriate wealthy Conversos' lands, property and valuables.
The Inquisition was also used against focuses of early Protestantism, Erasmism and Illuminism and in the 18th century against Encyclopedism and French Enlightenment. In spite of the actions of the other European Inquisitions, witchcraft was a bigger concern for the Spanish people than for the Inquisition. Accused witches were usually dismissed as mentally ill.
