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The justification for this behavior came straight from Saint Augustine, who reasoned that if torture was appropriate for those who broke the laws of men, it was even more fitting for those who broke the laws of God.13 As practiced by medieval Christians, judicial torture was merely a final, mad inflection of their faith.
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
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