He was a German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer, and key figure in the 17th century Scientific Revolution.
never expressed any significant religious views
he was a catholic <--- thats religious not political
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Marshall Mcluhan
Church officials believed the theory contradicted current religious teachings
Galileo
Galileo Galilei
So they wouldn't try him as a heretic and be burned at the steak (not burned but roasted).
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Galileo's work supporting the heliocentric model challenged the geocentric views held by the Catholic Church. The Church saw his ideas as heretical and forced him to recant his views under threat of excommunication. The conflict was resolved centuries later in 1992 when the Catholic Church formally acknowledged that Galileo was right and that the Church's judgment against him was a mistake.
yes Galileo Galilie discovered Saturn
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