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SirFink
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
Copernicus was forced by the church to renounce something? Could you document that? |
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| At original publication, Copernicus' epoch-making book caused only mild controversy, and provoked no fierce sermons about contradicting Holy Scripture.... In March 1616, in connection with the Galileo affair, the Roman Catholic Church's Congregation of the Index issued a decree suspending De revolutionibus until it could be "corrected," on the grounds that the supposedly Pythagorean doctrine[22] that the Earth moves and the Sun doesn't was "false and altogether opposed to Holy Scripture. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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| SirFink wrote: |
| mindmetoo wrote: |
Copernicus was forced by the church to renounce something? Could you document that? |
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| At original publication, Copernicus' epoch-making book caused only mild controversy, and provoked no fierce sermons about contradicting Holy Scripture.... In March 1616, in connection with the Galileo affair, the Roman Catholic Church's Congregation of the Index issued a decree suspending De revolutionibus until it could be "corrected," on the grounds that the supposedly Pythagorean doctrine[22] that the Earth moves and the Sun doesn't was "false and altogether opposed to Holy Scripture. |
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That's not quite the same as the church forcing Copernicus to renounce anything. While Galileo certainly was forced to retract, Copernicus was long dead before the church decided this sun centered universe was unholy. |
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nautilus
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Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!
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| Gopher wrote: |
I will stay with you on this because we can understand each other. I know what you mean, and I think you know what I mean, too. |
Looks like mindlesstroll is sizing you up to be his next personal project. Especially since our friend Julius got bored of his vacuous inanity. |
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