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"The church" as in the Pope didn't actively hunt witches. In fact most followers of any order were against it and often warned about it. Locals of whatever village or settlement didn't care, though. They lived their own version of Christianity. I know people love to cite the "Summis desiderantes affectibus" as proof the church ordered witch hunts but that's not what the document stated at all. It just acknowledged witch craft being a lived reality in parts of today's Germany so to speak. However some Popes weren't explicitly against it either. Not like it actually mattered anyway. People tend to believe whatever is useful at the moment and that doesn't necessarily overlap with "the church", the Pope or the bible.