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* Early in 1616, Galileo was accused of being a heretic, a person who opposed Church teachings. Heresy was a crime for which people were sometimes sentenced to death. Galileo was cleared of charges of heresy, but was told that he should no longer publicly state his belief that Earth moved around the Sun.<ref name="nasabio"> [http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/galileo.html Galileo Galilei] - NASA bio</ref>
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* In 1632, he published a book that stated, among other things, that the heliocentric theory of Copernicus was correct. Galileo was once again called before the Inquisition and this time was found guilty of publishing his book in the Church's name despite its disapproval. But Galileo was never condemned. Galileo was confined to a house arrest in 1633.{{fact}}<ref name="nasabio" />
*For his promotion of the Copernican view of the Solar System, Galileo was accused by the Catholic chruch of being a heretic. This was a crime that was sometimes punishable by death. He was later cleared, but forbidden from publicly stating his belief that the Earth moved around the Sun<ref name="nasabio"> [http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/galileo.html Galileo Galilei] - NASA bio</ref>.
* On 31 October 1992, 350 years after Galileo's death, Pope John Paul II gave an address on behalf of the Catholic Church in which he admitted that errors had been made by the theological advisers in the case of Galileo. He declared the Galileo case closed, but did not admit that the Church was wrong to convict Galileo on a charge of misrepresenting the Church teaching of the time concerning whether the Earth rotates around the sun. [http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Galileo.html] Both Protestant and Catholics at the time felt that the sun rotates around the Earth.
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*Galileo published a book in 1632 restating his belief in Copernicus theory. He was again called before the inquisition, this time being found guilty of publishing a book in the Church's name despite its disapproval. He was confined to house arrest, but never condemned<ref name="nasabio" />.
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*The Catholic church admitted that mistakes had been made in 1992. In a speech Pope John Paul II declared the Galileo case closed, but did not admit that the church was wrong on the charge of misrepresenting the Church view at the time he was convicted.<ref>[http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Galileo.html]</ref>
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