The Encyclopædia Britannica states: “The philosophy and theology of the Enlightenment endeavoured to push the figure of the devil out of Christian consciousness as being a product of the mythological fantasy of the Middle Ages. ”
“ दोषी ” असल्याचा कबुलीजबाब मिळण्यासाठी छळण्याची पद्धत सर्रास वापरली जात असे.