Thursday, May 23, 2019

Galileo vs. Church

Galileo is viewed as the father of modern science because he made and tested theories which we remedy go by in the current years. In the present day we are thought and live by the heliocentric theory. This basically means that the insolate in in the center and the planets are in its orbit. The Roman Catholic Church believed that the earth was in the center, therefore the sun and other planets were in the macrocosms orbit. Galileo was charged of false teaching. The charge against Galileo was grounded on a report that Galileo had been personally ordered in 1616 not to discuss Copernicanism either orally or in writing.Cardinal Bellarmine had died, but Galileo produced a certificate signed by the cardinal, stating that Galileo had been subjected to no further restriction than applied to any Roman Catholic beneath the 1616 edict. No signed document contradicting this was ever found, but Galileo was compelled in 1633 to avoid and was sentenced to life imprisonment The Dialogue was orde red to be burned, and the sentence against him was to be convey publicly in every university.At the time, the church building was the legal authority of the land and anything that went against the churchs doctrine of what the Bible said, was considered heresy and punishable by excommunication, imprisonment, or death. In this carapace Galileo violated the doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church by teaching the heliocentric theory. According to the church these theorys by Galileo was trying to launch the bible false. The stronger side is Galileos side. In my opinion I would pick Galileos argument over the church because he tried to explain to the church his findings.The church being filled with pride and single-minded did not give Galileo a chance to explain and publish his findings because they automatically thought he was vent against the bible and trying to prove it wrong. They then prosecuted him. In conclusion, Galileo is known as the father of modern science, his theory which was overlooked in the past is now trustworthy and thought in the present day. This shows that the Roman Catholic Church was biased in the past and did not want to give him a chance to reveal and explain his findings.

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