出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/05/15 14:40 UTC 版)
Ad extirpanda (named for its Latin incipit) was a papal bull, promulgated on Wednesday, May 15, 1252, by Pope Innocent IV, which explicitly authorized (and defined the appropriate circumstances for) the use of torture by the Inquisition for eliciting confessions from heretics.