That "limited and specific" thing, it's been going on a while... I found something funny on wikipedia the other day: Ad extirpanda (named for its Latin incipit

That "limited and specific" thing, it's been going on a while... I found something funny on wikipedia the other day: Ad extirpanda (named for its Latin incipit) was a papal bull promulgated on Wednesday, May 15, 1252 by Pope Innocent IV which authorized in limited and defined circumstances the use of torture by the Inquisition as a tool for interrogation.[1] "limited and defined circumstances" It actually goes on to enumerate those defined circumstances, but I can guess how it turned out in practice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_extirpanda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_extirpanda