Later, during the period known as the Ominous Decade, the Inquisition was not formally re-established, although, de facto, it returned under the so-called Congregation of the Meetings of Faith, tolerated in the dioceses by King Ferdinand.
Kasnije tijekom tog razdoblja, poznatog kao kobno desetljeće, inkvizicija nije bila formalno ponovno uspostavljena, iako se vratila pod imenom Susreti vjere, tolerirana od kralja Ferdinanda.