Even though the catholic church was still a place of worship they had a negative point in the church, they were barbaric and greedy. The inquisition confiscated property from the accused/ heretics and was sold to make a profit. This made the catholic church very rich.
Although this lead to corruption where more and more people were accused and framed for being heretics and so the catholic church made a lot of money and became very strong in power due to a constant income. This allowed the Spanish inquisition to spread all over
Europe like places like Amsterdam and Granada. Even though Muslim moors and Dutch people were killed for refusing to convert to Catholicism they were martyred as people who believed that their belief was right.
Conclusion:
Therefore, in conclusion the catholic church was a dictatorship, who ceased power over mostly all of Europe to get rid of heretics and to uphold catholic orthodoxy. The catholic church was diabolic with their torture methods, which saw to the death of about 100 000 people between the 15th and 19th century in Europe. Catholic monarchs helped to creation of the Spanish inquisition which can be seen as a dictatorship because they wanted a