Pope Lucius III established the Inquisition at the Council of Verona in 1184, and its organization and procedures were perfected — if such a word can be used to describe that fearsome institution — by other popes.
१३वीं शताब्दी में, पोप ग्रॆगरी नौवें ने यूरोप के विभिन्‍न भागों में धर्माधिकरण कचहरियाँ स्थापित कीं ।