when a human
is tied to a cross
to be incinerated,
best to look away
or risk your own immolation
end.
Apr 5
Apr 5, 2026 at 6:07 AM UTC
when a human
is tied to a cross
to be incinerated,
best to look away
or risk your own immolation
end.
An auto-da-fé (Portuguese for "act of faith") was a public ritual of penance conducted by the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions from the 15th to 19th centuries, where judgments against accused heretics were announced. Following the ceremony, secular authorities executed punishments, often burning the condemned at the stake
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