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Holy Office

NOUN
congregation of the curia
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They say they questioned Vanier repeatedly as soon as the first victims came forward, as well as what he knew about Philippe’s 1956 Holy Office condemnation, but that he lied to them.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2023

In 1542 Paul III approved the creation of a permanent branch of the Church devoted to holding Protestantism in check: the Holy Office, better known as the Inquisition.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

“This,” the crew member proclaimed, in the shadow of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Holy Office and the home of Pope Francis, “is the dominion of Netflix.”

From New York Times ● May 9, 2018

His ally in this was the Congregation for the Defence of the Faith, or CDF, once known as the Holy Office.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 27, 2017

The oldest Cardinal has the Title of Secretary of the Holy Office, and is the Keeper of its Seals.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by Karl Ludwig von P?llnitz


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