In Galileo’s letter to Duchess Christina, he argues for the support and research of Heliocentrism. Galileo states, “I discovered in the heavens many things that had not been seen before our own age” (Spielvogel 481). Galileo’s heliocentric discovery was that the Sun is at the center of the known Universe and the earth revolves around the sun. This discovery; however, threatened the church and its bible. Galileo writes, “The holy bible can never speak untruth-whenever its true meaning is understood” (Spielvogel 481). He believes that the bible isn’t wrong but, the people simply don’t comprehend it fully.
Galileo interprets his opposing views by resolving the tension between implied and literal meaning. In Galileo’s letter, “abandon reason and …show more content…
The first factor of the Catholic church response to Galileo’s views was replacing geocentric with heliocentric. In the letter of Cardinal Bellarmine, “But to want to affirm that the sun really is fixed in the center of the heavens and only revolves around itself… is a very dangerous thing, not only by irritating all the philosophers and scholastic theologians but also by injuring our holy faith and rendering the Holy Scriptures false” (Spielvogel 481). The church would be satisfied if Galileo viewed his discovery as an assumption, instead of believing its true. As proving his theory will only threaten the church that its biblical passages are proven false. The second factor is the Bible text, it's part of history and should be followed anyways. Cardinal writes, “Your Reverence would read not only the Fathers but also the commentaries of modern writers on Genesis, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, and Josue, you would find that all agree in explaining literally that the sun is in the heavens and moves swiftly around the earth, and that the earth is far from the heavens and stands immobile in the center of the universe.” (Spielvogel 481). It’s true that the origin of the universe is not a matter of faith, but since the Bible talks about it; it’s out of Galileo’s control. The final third factor is that the church thinks it’s unfair to say the scripture is false. In Bellarmine’s view, “explaining the passages of …show more content…
This is a war that many will not forget as many believed it would happen again. The essential idea of this selection was to motivate people to a new kind of behavior. The concept is toleration and to secure its point, Voltaire used straightforward facts to compel the people to agree. Such, as describing the effect of the war of past; Religious Massacre. Voltaire states, “we should frequently take a view of them, to inspire an internal horror for them” (Spielvogel 505). Because of the war he wants the people to be scared and state that religion is the
Galileo interprets his opposing views by resolving the tension between implied and literal meaning. In Galileo’s letter, “abandon reason and …show more content…
The first factor of the Catholic church response to Galileo’s views was replacing geocentric with heliocentric. In the letter of Cardinal Bellarmine, “But to want to affirm that the sun really is fixed in the center of the heavens and only revolves around itself… is a very dangerous thing, not only by irritating all the philosophers and scholastic theologians but also by injuring our holy faith and rendering the Holy Scriptures false” (Spielvogel 481). The church would be satisfied if Galileo viewed his discovery as an assumption, instead of believing its true. As proving his theory will only threaten the church that its biblical passages are proven false. The second factor is the Bible text, it's part of history and should be followed anyways. Cardinal writes, “Your Reverence would read not only the Fathers but also the commentaries of modern writers on Genesis, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, and Josue, you would find that all agree in explaining literally that the sun is in the heavens and moves swiftly around the earth, and that the earth is far from the heavens and stands immobile in the center of the universe.” (Spielvogel 481). It’s true that the origin of the universe is not a matter of faith, but since the Bible talks about it; it’s out of Galileo’s control. The final third factor is that the church thinks it’s unfair to say the scripture is false. In Bellarmine’s view, “explaining the passages of …show more content…
This is a war that many will not forget as many believed it would happen again. The essential idea of this selection was to motivate people to a new kind of behavior. The concept is toleration and to secure its point, Voltaire used straightforward facts to compel the people to agree. Such, as describing the effect of the war of past; Religious Massacre. Voltaire states, “we should frequently take a view of them, to inspire an internal horror for them” (Spielvogel 505). Because of the war he wants the people to be scared and state that religion is the