The Grand Inquisitor argues that the coming of the Messiah during the Spanish Inquisition is an obstacle to the Catholic Church and to humanity as a whole. He explains that nothing has ever been more insupportable for a human society than freedom. The returning of the Messiah can only shatter what the Catholic Church has done get rid of this cursed freedom that God has bestowed upon humans. The Inquisitor lists three temptations that the Catholic Church has healed. The first temptation: the problem of bread. The Inquisitor feels that it is better for the Church to give human society the gift of human bread than it is for humans to take the actual heavenly bread. The second temptation: the problem of conscience. The Inquisitor says: ‘Nothing is more seductive for man than his freedom of conscience, but nothing is a greater cause of suffering’. He proposes that the Church has successfully lifted this freedom and hence the suffering. The third temptation: the problem of unity. The Church provides unity for the people. All of these temptations have been lifted from the human conscience by the church. We have corrected thy work and have founded it upon miracle, mystery and authority. Thus, the Messiah has no duty coming back to this world and will be destroyed, as a heretic would be. This book gives many insights to human nature. It does not answer any questions, it simply asks the right questions. All who have at one time questioned human nature should read this novella.