Reformed Roman Inquisition system

Type Object Region Italy Time 1542–1965

In 1542 Pope Paul III reorganized and strengthened the Roman Inquisition (the Holy Office) by the bull Licet ab initio, centralizing dispersed local …

Timeline

1542–1543Rome · LazioIn July 1542 Pope Paul III issued Licet ab initio, establishing a Roman Inquisition of six cardinals and concentrating final jurisdiction over heresy cases in the Vatican, replacing the previously dispersed and inefficient local trial model.
1543–1550Rome · LazioIn the 1540s the Roman Inquisition perfected secret trial, written denunciation, and review-appeal procedures, and began systematically reviewing printed works and indexes of forbidden books, laying the foundation for the 1559 Index of Forbidden Books and ideological control after the Council of Trent.

Sources

Roman Inquisition https://www.britannica.com/topic/Roman-Inquisition
The Italian Inquisition — Christopher F. Black (2009)