Essay about Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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    In 1483 the Pope Sixtus IV chose Torquemada to become the first grand inquisitor of Castile and Leon, after he was an assistant inquisitor for about a year. Torquemada was the grand inquisitor of Spain from 1483 through

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Time and time again, throughout history, Jews faced immeasurable intolerance. The infamous Spanish Inquisition propelled those of the Jewish faith and heritage into the New World. Historians specializing in the Spanish Inquisition itself often begin their research mid-story, ignoring completely its roots, which date back to the thirteenth century. Instead, it is common for a book on the Inquisition to begin in the fifteenth century, with the expulsion of North African Muslims, or Moors, from Spain. Even in Toby Green’s Inquisition: The Reign of Fear, a fourteen chapter book devoted to the subject, the author evasively states, “The Inquisition had been created in Spain within the past few years to target alleged bad Christians among the conversos.” As noted by one historian, Gale Stewart, conversely, “the Inquisition had been an active force in Europe for over 250 years before it came to Spain.”

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Many of the religious figures who would provide this moral truth to the people, like the Inquisitor, the orator in Holland, and the Jesuits, are corrupt and selfish. Ultimately, the people of Candide do not have more moral truths revealed to them because they are not ready for them. There was much religious fervor in Candide’s setting, with the satirical representation of Jews, protestants, and Catholics. The orator in Holland even goes as far to say that the Pope is an antichrist. In all of this religious tension, God’s genuine moral truths would have been drowned in a sea of

The Grand Inquisitor is a chapter in Dostoyevsky’s classic novel “The Brothers Karamazov.” The Greater novel itself is a philosophical debate on God, free will, human nature and morality written by Dostoevsky over 2 years and published in 1880. As with all of Dostoyevsky’s novels it is set in a modernizing Russia and it is a deep psychological study of faith and reason, as well as the doubt, psychology, moral decisions and the thought processes that occur during man’s journey to enlightenment and greater awareness. Although The Brothers Karamazov itself is a work of art and one of the greatest novels ever written the true genius of “The Grand Inquisitor” chapter is that

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky once stated “Even if someone were to prove to me that the truth lay outside Christ, I should choose to remain with Christ rather than with the truth,” (Jones 7). How could a man who can capture the essence of a deranged axe-wielding murderer proclaim something so blindly devout? This was the piousness that was intrinsic of the Russian author. Instructed in the teachings of Catholicism from a young age, Dostoyevsky dedicated much of his philosophical inquiries to the concept of God. However, despite this declared devotion, a gap exists between the Orthodox teachings of the church and his personal beliefs (Apollonio 24). His studies in the faith, interactions with fellow Catholics, and unique sense of morality all contributed to the shaping of his perception of religion. Yet he was still not without his personal spiritual doubts. Dostoyevsky funneled his intellectual religious questions into his writing. Elements of Catholicism can be found in Dostoyevsky’s work, often paralleling his own experiences and distinctive ideals surrounding the faith.

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In his poem, “The Grand inquisitor,” Fyodor Dostoyevsky uses his story of two brothers, Ivan Karamazov and Alyosha Karamazov to discuss religion and the existence, or lack thereof, of a benevolent God. What really struck me about Dostoyevsky was his ability to use Ivan’s questioning as a means to foster thought in his audience. Personally, I had a few moments of sublimity as I pondered my own religion and how these unanswerable questions played in my religion. I also really appreciated how Dostoyevsky’s poem read more like a prose, allowing me as a reader, to connect more with his writing and have a deeper contemplative thought of his work.

     Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “Dostoevsky, the only one who has taught me anything about psychology.” The two writers share many similarities and differences. Dostoevsky clearly had an effect on the thinking of Nietzsche. The two would be considered both philosophers and psychologists. Both writers became prominent in the late 19th century in Germany and Russia respectively. Dostoevsky was noted for his Russian literary classics and would be responsible for a flowering of late 19th century Russian literary culture. His Russian contemporaries include Leo Tostoy and Anton Chekov. Dostoevsky’s most famous works include The Brothers Karamozov, The Idiot, and Crime and Punishment.

The Grand Inquisitor states that Christ could have come down from the cross when people told him, “He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.” However, Christ chose not to do so because he didn’t want people to be enslaved by a miracle. Again, the Inquisitor states that the freedom given to man by God is too tough a burden, especially if we are to mimic Christ. True, thousands of people may be able to do it, but they are gods, sons of the most high, whereas others are left for damnation. Hence the question is raised. “Can it be that you indeed came only to the chosen ones and for the chosen ones?” But how is it that a good God lets his millions of his people die all in the name of freedom. Wouldn’t it be his fault for giving man freedom, for it is by freedom that man condemns himself. Hence, Christ should of accepted the second offer by The