Showing posts with label Copernicus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Copernicus. Show all posts

Saturday, October 31, 2020

The Vatican admits Galileo was right all along 359 years later, 1992


October 31, 1992, the Catholic Church, the Vatican and Pope John Paul II finally admitted the church "erred" when it prosecuted Galilei Galileo for heresy, because he promoted the Copernican theory that the Earth revolved around the sun, not the other way around.  

In 1633, Catholic prosecutors argued that the sun revolving around the Earth was explicitly stated in the Bible.  

Exactly which passage says that?  Show your work, guys!


Monday, June 22, 2020

Galileo convicted of heresy 1633


Galileo Galilei was convicted of heresy by the Catholic Church June 22, 1633, forcing one of the greatest scientists of all time to live his remaining years under house arrest.  The Inquisition charged Galileo with holding the opinion that the sun, not the Earth, is at the center of the universe (solar system), not the other way around as it had been declared by the Holy Scripture.  He was forced to "abjure, curse, and detest" his Copernican heliocentric views.

Galileo passed away in January 1642.