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Q

Why was Copernicus not persecuted by the church, but Galileo was?
https://www.quora.com/Why-was-Copernicus-not-persecuted-by-the-church-but-Galileo-was

Answer requested by

Mangal Jogdand

Achyuthan Sanal

Taught myself history due to inefficient public education

Answered Fri

[Originally Answered: Why was Coper Nicolas not punished like Galileo?]

Copernicus was an unlikely revolutionary. His book was only published at the end of his life because he feared ridicule and disfavor by his peers and by the Church, which had elevated the ideas of Aristotle to the level of religious dogma.

Galileo’s books were published during his lifetime, which led to him being accused of being a heretic by the Roman Inquisition who tried Galileo in 1633 and found him "vehemently suspect of heresy", sentencing him to indefinite imprisonment.

Hans-Georg Lundahl

Just now

“which had elevated the ideas of Aristotle to the level of religious dogma.”

Not correct history. In a first trial Galileo had been answering to St. Robert Bellarmine on Joshua 10 and on Habacuc 3:11.

Achyuthan Sanal

Original Author

Just now

I was not talking about Galileo. The church had indeed elevated the ideas of Aristotle to the level of religious dogma.

Hans-Georg Lundahl

Just now

Geocentrism is Biblical as well as Aristotelic.

What are you talking about?

I don’t mean that in an offensive way, but I wonder if you were talking about another issue.

Update

five hours later

Achyuthan Sanal

Original Author

3h ago

Oh okay, I get what you mean now