Galileo Convicted of Heresy - April 12, 1633
Today the inquisition of Galileo begins because of Galileo's belief that the sun was the center of the solar system and everything else revolved around it. It was accepted as fact by the Roman Catholic Church, that everything in our solar system revolved around planet earth. The earth was the center of the solar system. So, chief inquisitor Father Vincenzo Maculano da Firenzuola, who was appointed by Pope Urban VIII, began the inquisition. The church had decided that the position of the earth not moving was a fact of Scripture, even though there was another thought that the sun was the center of the solar system.
Galileo ended up being under house arrest the rest of his life, and did not continue to teach this 'doctrine' that the church had deemed as heresy anymore. It would be many years later when people realized that Galileo was correct. What Galileo believed in ties in with Scripture, even though the church of his day did not understand this. They mistakenly thought it went against Scripture. We really do need to know and understand what the Scriptures are saying. They contain words for all people, in all places, at all times.
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