Question

Why were people tortured during the Spanish Inquisition?

A. To get them to read the Bible in Latin.
B. To get them to convert to Protestantism.
C. To get them to confess heresy.
D. To get them to accept indulgences.

I think it is
B. To get them to convert to Protestantism.

But I ain't 100% sure.

Answer 1

During the Spanish Inquisition, people were tortured to force them to confess to heresy, as a measure to reinforce Catholic orthodoxy and eliminate non-Catholic beliefs.

Step-by-step explanation:

People were tortured during the Spanish Inquisition primarily to get them to confess to heresy. This religious inquisition was focused on ensuring the purity of Catholicism by identifying and punishing those accused of heretical beliefs and practices. In those times, suspected heretics were often subjected to torture as a means to extract confessions or recantations of non-Catholic (often Protestant) beliefs. It was part of a larger effort to maintain religious homogeneity in Western Europe. Contrary to the proposed option B, the Inquisition aimed not to convert people to Protestantism but to reinforce Catholic orthodoxy and discourage any deviations from it.

Answer 2

Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition (Spanish: Tribunal del Santo Oficio de la Inquisición), commonly known as the Spanish Inquisition(Inquisición española), was established in 1478 by Catholic MonarchsFerdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. It was intended to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms and to replace the Medieval Inquisition, which was under Papal control. It became the most substantive of the three different manifestations of the wider Catholic Inquisition along with the Roman Inquisition and Portuguese Inquisition. The "Spanish Inquisition" may be defined broadly, operating in Spain and in all Spanish colonies and territories, which included the Canary Islands, the Spanish Netherlands, the Kingdom of Naples, and all Spanish possessions in North, Central, and South America. According to modern estimates, around 150,000 were prosecuted for various offenses during the three centuries of duration of the Spanish Inquisition, out of which between 3,000 and 5,000 were executed.

Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition in Spain
Tribunal del Santo Oficio de la Inquisición
Spanish Inquisition
get them to confess heresy