It is enough to point out how this whole method, which belonged to the Church everywhere, though carried out no doubt in various degrees of perfectness according to the endowments and zeal of individuals and the energy of pastoral care, testified throughout the Magistral character of the Church, and that those who came into her fold must come in the spirit of little children, according to our Lord's saying.
"Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom"
T. W. Allies
A similar brief was sent on the 17th of October, to the Bishop of Jaen, the Magistral canon of Toledo, and Professor Mancio.
"The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII."
Juan Antonio Llorente