(ASAP)Which explains how the Spanish Inquisition consolidated state power?

The Inquisition ignored the rules of evidence in order to threaten politically powerful bureaucrats.

The Inquisition protected Spanish colonies from heretical teachings and independent thought.

The Inquisition framed innocent converso merchants and routinely subjected them to torture.

The Inquisition threatened excommunication to peasants if they refused homage to pope and king.