By condemning to death those who accepted as the basis of belief only “the word of God expressed in the Holy Scriptures, ” the Inquisition clearly showed that the Catholic Church does not consider the Holy Bible to be the only inspired source.
अतः यह कोई आश्‍चर्य की बात नहीं कि गिरजे के अनेक धर्मसिद्धांत शास्त्र पर नहीं, वरन्‌ गिरजे की परंपरा पर आधारित हैं ।