Alright... there's a few things to explain here. A papal bull isn't a breed of bulls. A papal bull is a special kind of patent or charter issued by a pope and named for the seal (bulla) that was appended to the end to authenticate it.
Auto-da-fé (sometimes also spelled auto-de-fe) was ritual of public penance of condemned heretics and apostates that took place when the Spanish Inquisition had decided their punishment (after the trial, that is). The word itself means "act of faith" on medieval spanish. It involved a Catholic mass, prayer, a public procession of those found guilty, and a reading of their sentences. Some people think it involved burning at the stake, hanging and/or torture, but that's false. Executions were done after the auto-da-fé, because it was a religious act, and the execution was not.
This song, obviously, is on the Inquisition's point of view.
Alright... there's a few things to explain here. A papal bull isn't a breed of bulls. A papal bull is a special kind of patent or charter issued by a pope and named for the seal (bulla) that was appended to the end to authenticate it. Auto-da-fé (sometimes also spelled auto-de-fe) was ritual of public penance of condemned heretics and apostates that took place when the Spanish Inquisition had decided their punishment (after the trial, that is). The word itself means "act of faith" on medieval spanish. It involved a Catholic mass, prayer, a public procession of those found guilty, and a reading of their sentences. Some people think it involved burning at the stake, hanging and/or torture, but that's false. Executions were done after the auto-da-fé, because it was a religious act, and the execution was not.
This song, obviously, is on the Inquisition's point of view.