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Name :
Galileo
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Birth Date :
15/02/1564
Birth Place :
Pisa, Italy.
Death Date :
JANUARY 8, 1642
[b]COPERNICAN THEORY[/b][br /]
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Copernican system is, in which everything goes around the Sun, and the Moon, therefore must orbit the Sun and the Tychonic. One in which everything, but the Earth and Moon go around the Sun, which in turn goes around the Earth. The contemporary astronomers favored the Tychonic system. Galileo authoritatively stated to use all his discoveries as evidence for Copernicanism and to do so with verbal as well as mathematical skill.[br /]
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Galileo’s increasingly open Copernicanism began to cause trouble for him. In 1613, he wrote a letter to his student Benedetto Castelli in Pisa about the problem of squaring the Copernican theory with certain biblical passages. Some of the Galileo’s enemies sent the copies of this letter to the Inquisition in Rome. In Rome, many Dominican fathers lodged complaints against Galileo. Galileo went to Rome for defending the Copernican cause and his name. In his letter to the Grand Duchess Christina, he discussed the problem of interpreting Biblical passages with regard to scientific discoveries. He actually did not interpret the Bible except for one example.[br /]
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Improperly prepared documents, which were placed in Inquisition files stated that Galileo was warned "not to hold, teach, or defend" the Copernican theory "in any way whatever, either orally or in writing." Galileo was restricted to express anything on the Copernican issue. He slowly recovered from this setback.[br /]
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[b]INTERPRETER OF BIBLE[/b][br /]
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Galileo was a religious man. He also agreed that the Bible could never be wrong. But he said and believed that the interpreters of the Bible could make mistakes. He also thought it was a mistake to assume that the Bible had to be taken literally.[br /]
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"The true meaning of a Biblical verse might not be obvious at all, and wise scholars would have to work hard to find the true meanings.[br /]
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After all, a cardinal in the Church itself had once said that the intention of the Holy Spirit is to teach us how one goes to heaven, not how heaven goes!" Finally he ended with an explanation of how the miracle could not possibly have taken place if the Sun went around the Earth.[br /]
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This might have been one of Galileo’s mistakes. In those days, only Churchman were allowed to interpret the Bible, or to define God’s intentions." It was absolutely unthinkable for a mere member of the public to do so."[br /]
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Copernican system is, in which everything goes around the Sun, and the Moon, therefore must orbit the Sun and the Tychonic. One in which everything, but the Earth and Moon go around the Sun, which in turn goes around the Earth. The contemporary astronomers favored the Tychonic system. Galileo authoritatively stated to use all his discoveries as evidence for Copernicanism and to do so with verbal as well as mathematical skill.[br /]
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Galileo’s increasingly open Copernicanism began to cause trouble for him. In 1613, he wrote a letter to his student Benedetto Castelli in Pisa about the problem of squaring the Copernican theory with certain biblical passages. Some of the Galileo’s enemies sent the copies of this letter to the Inquisition in Rome. In Rome, many Dominican fathers lodged complaints against Galileo. Galileo went to Rome for defending the Copernican cause and his name. In his letter to the Grand Duchess Christina, he discussed the problem of interpreting Biblical passages with regard to scientific discoveries. He actually did not interpret the Bible except for one example.[br /]
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Improperly prepared documents, which were placed in Inquisition files stated that Galileo was warned "not to hold, teach, or defend" the Copernican theory "in any way whatever, either orally or in writing." Galileo was restricted to express anything on the Copernican issue. He slowly recovered from this setback.[br /]
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[b]INTERPRETER OF BIBLE[/b][br /]
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Galileo was a religious man. He also agreed that the Bible could never be wrong. But he said and believed that the interpreters of the Bible could make mistakes. He also thought it was a mistake to assume that the Bible had to be taken literally.[br /]
[br /]
"The true meaning of a Biblical verse might not be obvious at all, and wise scholars would have to work hard to find the true meanings.[br /]
[br /]
After all, a cardinal in the Church itself had once said that the intention of the Holy Spirit is to teach us how one goes to heaven, not how heaven goes!" Finally he ended with an explanation of how the miracle could not possibly have taken place if the Sun went around the Earth.[br /]
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This might have been one of Galileo’s mistakes. In those days, only Churchman were allowed to interpret the Bible, or to define God’s intentions." It was absolutely unthinkable for a mere member of the public to do so."[br /]
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