In Galileo's defense of heresy, Langford writes, " This was an unfortunate decision on several accounts. First the Copernican opini

The church disagreed with Galileo's thoughts. They actually went as far as telling Galileo that he was to stop preaching his ideas as long as he was involved with the church. Langford writes, "Yet, recalling the tone of the prohibition, Urban conceded that so long as Galileo treated the Copernican theory as a hypothesis, he could write all he wanted on the subject." (114) If he would leave the church, he would be able to voice his opinions and ideas freely.

on was treated as heretical when, in reality, it was not." (155) Langford goes on to explain that the theological Consultors in 1616 recognized the earth's mobility as "formally heretical", but this did not make the immobility of the earth a matter of faith. Catholic philosophers and theologians also agree that the decree of the Holy Office did

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