Welcome to Madison County, Ohio. Your source for Official Madison County Government Information. Named after James Madison, 4th President of the United States, Madison County is located in central Ohio between Columbus and Springfield. Primarily an agricultural area, 88% of the land consist of farms. Madison County ranks fourth in both soybean and corn production throughout the state of Ohio.
The Inquisition is a group of institutions within the judicial system of the Roman Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy. It started in 12th-century France to combat religious sectarianism, in particular the Cathars and the Waldensians.
Inquisitions were used during the decline of the Roman Empire until the Spanish Inquisition's decline in the early 1800s. An inquisition can be run by both civil and church authorities in order to root out non-believers from a nation or religion.erdinand and Isabella chose Catholicism to unite Spain and in 1478 asked permission of the pope to begin the Spanish Inquisition to purify the people of Spain. They began by driving out Jews, Protestants and other non-believers. In 1483 Tomas de Torquemada became the inquisitor-general for most of Spain.