The Catholic Church was not justified in attempt to stifle Galileo’s scientific views. The Catholic church should have not imprisoned Galileo because of his findings. It was and still is morally wrong to blame an individual because they have corrected history. The Catholic Church believed that their word and beliefs were right, even when they weren’t scientifically correct. Enforcing incorrect views on individuals just to benefit your religion is morally and socially wrong. The political aspect falls in place when the Catholic Church uses their authority to imprison Galileo.
Galileo Galilei was an Tuscan astronomer, physicist, mathematician, inventor, and philosopher. Although he did not finish college, he still became a professor and chair of mathematics at the University. He taught for many years and made many discoveries in physics. He helped to mathematically describe ballistics and the force of friction, as it relates to motion. This would become similar to Newton’s First Law. Galileo then became interested in optics and astronomy. He built his first telescope and began to make observations. He
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Galileo released his proof and writings to the people of Europe. After being humiliated, the Catholic Church decided that Galileo should be put on trial in Rome. He was accused of heresy and was forced to say that all of his findings were wrong, which he firstly denied that, after being imprisoned for a while, he would deny his own findings to be released. Because of the insecurities of the Catholic Church between themselves and Galileo’s work, he was monitored for the last 10 years of his life. Although he was censored, he would continue to keep writing about physics. Galileo’s findings were a prime base for future scientific
Galileo had heard about the theories that the previous scientists had stated. Galileo wanted to see if what they were saying was accurate. To prove the heliocentric theory he invented the telescope in the year 1609 that help to confirm that it was in fact the heliocentric model instead of what everyone believed which was the geocentric model. Galileo started to share his discoveries to the public, but stopped after the Church told him not to share the information. (Doc ) However, the timeline indicates that Galileo waited seventeen years before sharing the information again publicly, so he actually obeyed the Church’s request for a very long time. Galileo was a devoted Catholic and strongly believed in the words of the Bible. In a letter written in 1615 written by Galileo to the duchess of Tuscany Galileo he stated how the Bible can sometime be misunderstood,“ But [he] believe that nobody will deny that the Bible is often very complex, and may say things which are quite different from what its bare words signify…”(document A). Galileo wanted to convince the Duchess that perhaps the evidence he gathered could be used to interpret the sun’s placement as the Bible was difficult to understand at times. The fact that Galileo was so religious validated his reliability, because he would have favored the Bible over his theory. He only argued about this one concept from the Bible and he had physical evidence and support from other scientists to prove his
Galileo’s contributions to the science of Physics and Astronomy were many. His conviction was legendary. His willingness to suffer for his beliefs exemplify true courage in the name of truth, and has inspired others to venture intellectual independence from the Church‘s creeds, edicts, and proclamations. Perhaps these contributions led to the call for an investigation into Galileo's conviction, eventually calling for its reversal, in 1979 by Pope John Paul II. But regardless of his standing in the annals of the Catholic church he will always be the man who began the separation of science and religion.
Galileo's objections to using the bible where very clear. He objected to using the bible as a source of knowledge of physical things because it would not always speak the truth on the surface. He feels that the truth and meaning lie underneath what is actually written down on the page. He believes we must use our senses God gave us to find the truth in the bible. He thinks the bible leads us to the abandonment of reason and our senses.
In his Letter to The Grand Duchess Christina, Galileo challenged the widely accepted religious beliefs of the time, claiming that the conflict lies in their interpretation, not the context. In Galileo’s eyes science was an extremely useful tool that could and should have been used in interpreting the Scriptures. He argued that “the intention of the Holy Ghost is to teach us how one goes to heaven not how heaven goes” (Grand Duchess). The purpose of science was not to counter what the bible teaches; rather its purpose was to help explain the teachings of the scriptures. Furthermore, it was “prudent to affirm that the holy Bible can never speak untruth-whenever its true meaning is understood” (Grand Duchess). However, because of the terminology in which the bible was presented the perception of what the Scripture defined as truth was skewed. The Bible was written so that the common man could understand it and follow its commandments. The people also showed a greater inte...
...cided to condemn Galileo’s work. While it does not discredit God’s power or the Bible, the overall tone of the scientist’s letter is quite sarcastic towards the clergy. While defending his first argument, Galileo appears to undermine the intellectual capabilities of his opponents. He implies that those who interpret the Holy Writ word for word belong to the “common people” whom he describes as “rude and unlearned”, and that other “wise expositors” should be the ones who search for the true meaning of the Bible. Galileo makes a similar implication while presenting his second argument, when he writes that the purpose of the Holy Scriptures is “infinitely beyond the comprehension of the common people”. The Catholic Church likely viewed these claims as an attempt to weaken its authority, which would explain why Galileo’s discoveries were condemned for nearly 300 years.
Galileo was condemned because he could not keep his opinions to himself and could not resist the
Galileo’s struggle with the Catholic Church is the essence of the problems people had introducing new ideas to the world. This was a time period during which people were often killed for what they believed by either the state or the church. Perhaps by not killing Galileo outright the church showed that times were starting to change, or maybe not. The episode will no doubt go down in history, however, as a turning point in science, and in religious thought.
Galileo Galilei was a scientist who proved and taught the Earth orbited around the Sun. The Catholic Church believed that the Earth was in the center of the universe. The Church was so powerful that they had a trial, which ended with them denouncing him. Galileo was sentenced to house arrest and died under house arrest. This is similar to A. Square who tried to teach Flatlanders about Spaceland. He went against the higher up and was called a liar. A. Square was sentence to jail for the rest of his life. This sequence of events is frequently repeated in history: ex. Scopes Monkey Trial. Someone starts teaching a legitimate idea that challenges the teachings of the government or religion. The higher ups then take action against the person teaching
To speak out against the Church in this time was strictly taboo. If one spoke against the Church, it was considered heresy, which is exactly what happened to Galileo. Galileo invented the telescope and began studying the heavens above and noticed changes within the stars and planets. He observed that the "stars" that surrounded Jupiter moved. He came to the conclusion through rational thinking that Copernicus' heliocentric theory was correct.
In 1610 he was one of the first people to use the telescope to observe
Is that he considers theology as the “queen” of sciences. Galileo’s intention of entitling theology as the queen of all science is not to consider that theology reigns over the other sciences. Rather to distinguish the two in the sense of superiority. In Galileo’s words, he says, “it might deserve that name by reason of including everything that is included from all the other sciences and establishing everything by better methods and with profound learning”(Galilei). Galileo considers theology to be the queen of all sciences because all lesser sciences contain a characteristic that originates from theology. Then Galileo says, “If she does not descend to the lower and humbler speculations of the subordinate sciences and has no regard for them because they are not concerned with blessedness, then her professors should not arrogate to themselves the authority to decide on controversies in professions which they have neither studied nor practiced”(Galilei). Galileo is basically saying, theologians should not meddle with matters that 's not in their realm. Especially producing any claims on matters that they haven’t studied or practiced. Ultimately Galileo is just making another argument as to telling theologians to mind their own business. At the same time leave, people like Galileo to explain the natural phenomenon that occurs in the
believes that Galileo is a heretic because he violates doctrines. In that century Catholic leaders
In 1612, he published his Discourse on Bodies in Water, refuting the Aristotelian explanation of why objects float in water, saying that it wasn’t because of their flat shape, but instead the weight of the object in relation to the water it displaced. In 1623, a friend of Galileo, Cardinal Maffeo Barberini, was selected as Pope Urban VIII. He allowed Galileo to pursue his work on astronomy and even encouraged him to publish it. but it had to be on one condition, it be objective and not advocate Copernican theory.
Galileo Galilei is a good person who was unjustly put in jail for solid fact and because your church didn’t want to believe him. He studied many subjects, such as astronomy and mathematics. He proved the Copernican theory with solid evidence, and your clergy decides to put him in jail! His discovery would revolutionize the world of science, and you choose to push him away, locked up from society? That’s not good. Galileo should be set free from jail and all charges because a) The Sun, and all of the other planets are also creations of God, therefore, if the Sun was in the center, and all of the planets, including Earth, revolved around it, the Earth wouldn’t be “less special”, or whatever you want to call it. It’s the same now as it would be if the Sun were in the center of the universe. B) Galileo has the freedom to share his ideas with the world. If he, or someone else, decides to translate any of his works into any language, then that’s fine! C) Think about it: did Aristotle have the telescope-thing-a-majigger that Galileo has now? No, he didn’t! Aristotle didn’t have the supplies to back up
When his father died in 1591 Galileo had to support his family. He looked for a job that paid more, and became professor of mathematics at the University of Padua where he stayed for eighteen years. He became very interested in astronomy at that time partly because of the discovery of a new star in 1604. (This turned out to be an exploding sun called a supernova). During these years he did more work on his theories of falling bodies, inclined planes and how projectiles travel. This work is still used today, for example in ballistics where computers can predict the path of a shell based on Galileo’s work.