Re: Galileo

Steve Clark (ssclark@facstaff.wisc.edu)
Fri, 29 Sep 1995 11:22:47 -0500

Robert Pyne writes:
>There have been some interesting posts about Galileo
>and how exactly he got into trouble. Richard Blackwell's
>book, "Galileo, Bellarmine, and the Bible" (Notre Dame
>Press, 1991), argues that he was thought to have violated
>the proscriptions of the Council of Trent

The proscriptions of Council of Trent, historic viewpoints of Augustine and
Aquinas have also been used to show how the church incorrectly convicted
Galileo of heresy. This was part of Galileo's self-defense, part of the
argument of Campanella, one of Galileo's staunchest supporter, and of Fr.
Jerome Langford, historian and author of the book "Galileo, Science and the
Church".

More to come.

Steve
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