St. Thomas Aquinas, Anti-Witch Writer

Although not specifically a witch-hunter, St. Thomas Aquinas provided many philosophies and writings which were eagerly snatched up by witch-hunters and prosecuters.

St. Thomas Aquinas insisted on the rights of the individual conscience but then went on to argue that heresy was a sin because such ignorance must be the result of criminal negligence. All pacts with demons, whether explicit or implicit, were tantamount to apostasy from the Christian faith, Aquinas argued, and this doctrine of 'implicit' pact became a favourite of the witch-hunters (Russell 1987 70).

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