 Prior to that, Llull was considered a heretic by most, and the debate regarding both King Philip II and him continued in Rome long afterwards.Llull's works were prohibited by the Spanish Inquisition under the same king Philip, for he considered that "non-initiates could not understand them".Copies of the works were safely stored in the Library of El Escorial and were consulted by Spanish scholars, mostly sympathetic to Llull's views.