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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>--> | + | <!--* Early in 1616, Galileo was accused of being a heretic, a person who misrepresented Church teachings. Heresy was a crime for which people were sometimes sentenced to death, just as treason is so punished today. Galileo was cleared of charges of heresy, but was told that he should no longer publicly misrepresent the Church's position about the motions of the Sun and Earth.<ref name="nasabio"> [http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/galileo.html Galileo Galilei] - NASA bio</ref>--> |
| − | *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>. | + | *For his promotion of the Copernican view of the Solar System as though it were the Church's position, Galileo was accused by the Catholic Church of disobeying its authority and misrepresenting its position. This was a crime that was sometimes punishable by death, just as treason is so punished today. He was later cleared, but forbidden from publicly misrepresenting the Church's position.<ref name="nasabio"> [http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/galileo.html Galileo Galilei] - NASA bio</ref>. |
| | *<!-- 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" />--> | | *<!-- 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" />--> |
| | *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" />. | | *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" />. |