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and Felice Peretti who, as Neapolitan bishops, acknowledged
Philip as their sovereign. Among the Cardinals of the In-
quisition, Pacheco was a Spaniard and devoted to the king.
Philip, too, was allowed to nominate as many persons as he
chose as auditors and assessors.^
The tribunal began its work at the beginning of June, 1567 ;
at least one meeting was held every week to deal with the case
of Carranza.^ First of all the minutes of the Spanish trial
were read, which drove the Italians to desperation by their
endless prolixity.^ Very soon the Spanish acta were set aside,
and they devoted themselves entirely to the writings of the
accused man, in so far as they did not feel satisfied in Rome
with the verdict of the Spanish theologians as to his doctrine ;
many of the propositions which in Carranza's own country
had been stigmatized as heretical or at least suspect of heresy,
seemed to learned men in Rome to be quite harmless.'* The
Pope himself formed an unfavourable opinion of the views of
the Spanish theologians.^ Moreover, he found fault with the
fact that so few questions had been put to the archbishop, so
that he might have had the opportunity of explaining in what
sense he had meant- statements which might seem erroneous
when spoken or written. That is not just, he said to the
Spanish ambassador, when he tried to justify the proceedings
of the Spanish Inquisition, because heresy lies in the intellect
' List of the members of the tribunal in Corresp. dipl., II.,
xxi. seq.
^ According to the *Avviso di Roma of August 2, 1567, every
Monday. Urb. 1040, p. 425b, Vatican Library.
^ Corresp. dipl., II., xxiii.
^ Cardinals Pacheco and Gambara told Zufiiga : " Muchas da
las proposiciones que alia [in Spain] se dieron por hereticas y
sospechosas, se ha declarado aqui de comun consentimiento de
todos los teologos de esta congregacion y de ortos que eran
cat61icas." Zufiiga to Philip II., April 29, 1570, Corresp. dipl.
IV., xvi.
^ " Dijome [the Pope] mucho mal de las calificaciones que se
habian hecho en Espaiia." Zuniga to Phihp II., Corresp. dipl.,
IV., xiv.