Would that be the church of the inquisition?
Yes it would. The inquisttion, of course as you know, was far more a governmental situation than a church one. The church, of course, was not without fault. Think of yourself in charge. You are the only Christian church that ever existed and along come a group of dissidents who challenge your authority and the authority of the church itself.
As the ONLY protector of the religion, you might tend to react strongly against someone who is attacking Christ's church for fear that the church could be harmed. While the inquisition certainly was not, as we now know, a good thing, nevertheless the people at the time deemed it necessary and, indeed, critical.
You noticed, of course, that throughout my answer I referred to THE church....that's because there was only one....the true curch of Jesus, the Catholic church. Blame it if you wish, she was the only one there.