Did you read the article? The astronomical research of Copernicus, who was writing books regarding heliocentrism at the same time as Galileo, was funded by several Cardinals. Copernicus even dedicated one of his books on heliocentricity to Pope Paul III, because he felt that the pope might protect him from antagonistic Protestant astronomers, and even Luther himself.
Galileo's "proofs" for heliocentrism were wrong. They were erroneous. He had the correct answer, but no scientific evidence to support his claim. Today, we would classify Galileo's claim as a "theory," which is what the Church did. But Galileo demanded that the Church declare his theory to be fact.
Bullshine. The church itself contradicted that just last year. The Roman inquisition was not a simple search for rigorous academic standards.
By their OWN records, they forbade him to even defend his theories, stop all defense of them, and said they were against the scripture.
But whatever, the arguments about his “proof” etc,, misses the elephant in the room. By what right to they arrest and try ANYONE? Where did Jesus teach that? They made it up out of whole cloth.
“Copernicus even dedicated one of his books on heliocentricity to Pope Paul III, because he felt that the pope might protect him from antagonistic Protestant astronomers, and even Luther himself.”
Picked one gangster to protect him from another. The simple fact is that in that era, a scientist had to be very careful that his work did not threaten the theology of where he lived or he might wind up dead or imprisoned. So that fact alone makes it very specious to argue that that science exploded because of ANY church. At best, the churches were dragged kicking and screaming along. That’s protestants and catholics.
“But Galileo demanded that the Church declare his theory to be fact”.
Then you, as a vatican, simply say,,,,,,,,, “no thank you”.