Catholic Inquisition Myths Busted By Real Historians

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Summary: Did the Catholic Church really kill 50, 68, or even 100 million people during the Inquisition? Learn what real historians say about the Inquisition’s actual scope.

In this powerful episode of Lux Veritatis, Catholic apologist and historian Dave Armstrong exposes one of the most outrageous anti-Catholic myths of all time. With clarity, sources, and actual data from respected historians like Edward Peters and Henry Kamen, Armstrong shows how these massive death tolls are not only false but mathematically impossible. You’ll learn how these numbers originated, why they persist in Protestant polemics, and Watch now and discover how truth dismantles propaganda.

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