THE HELIOS BIBLIOS HOUR : The 5 planet Alignment THE GREAT INQUISITIONS

A rare planetary alignment will take place this weekend, as Mercury, Venus, MARS, Jupiter, and Saturn will be visible and lined-up in the correct order for the first time in nearly 20 years.The alignment, which was last seen in 2004, will peak on June 24, when the planets will be at their brightest and visible for around an hour before dawn. The crescent Moon will also be visible directly between VENUS and Mars.Tomas de Torquemada (1420-1498) served as the Grand Inquisitor in Spain's zealous movement to restore Christianity among its populace in the late fifteenth century.who himself was a descendant of a converso. This was the term that designated a Spaniard who had converted to Christianity from Islam or Judaism. In the eighth century, Moors invaded Spain. This powerful group of North African nomadic.peoples had originally come from Mauritania. Recent converts to Islam, they conquered the southern half of Spain and established the Umayyad emirate . Torquemada was already well-known for his fanaticism: he had been the first to introduce a statute of limpieza sangre, or "pure blood," into a Dominican house, and had supervised a book burning of works considered heretical at a monastery in Salamanca.The Inquisition launched a reign of terror in Spain. People could be summoned from their homes and taken to a secret place for questioning simply on the basis of an anonymous denunciation made to the Inquisition authorities.Christians of all backgrounds share a common shame with regards to their treatment of witches. It was a very dark time in history regardless of whether it was in a Catholic or Protestant society