Histories of New Spain: Heresy, Excommunication, and Punishment for using religious objects

Religious images, figures of saints, and crucifixes were prohibited by the Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition during the second half of the 18th century. Find out why.

Histories of New Spain: Heresy, Excommunication, and Punishment for using religious objects
Inquisitorial edict on the use of religious images and prohibiting the use of crucifixes as personal adornment, 1767. Image and text: AGN