There was no reason to apologise insofar as the division between Pope
and Galileo was far more nuanced and involved the limits of the Ptolemaic framework through which the original heliostatic astronomers arrived at
their conclusions.
On Saturday, December 31, 2022 at 3:50:10 AM UTC-7,
kellehe...@gmail.com wrote:
There was no reason to apologise insofar as the division
between Pope and Galileo was far more nuanced and involved the
limits of the Ptolemaic framework through which the original
heliostatic astronomers arrived at their conclusions.
I cannot agree with that statement.
It is very simple: in arresting Galileo, in placing him on
trial, and in presuming to have the authority to subject him to
punishments for the type of actions of which he was accused, the
Roman Catholic Church was acting contrary to the Eternal Law of
God.
It exerted governmental authority without the consent of the
governed obtained through fair and free democratic elections; it
sought to restrict the freedom of speech and of the press; it
sought to make of itself an established church.
All of these things are horrible crimes.
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