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What scientist was forced by the Catholic Church to recant his theory?
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∙ 12y ago
Galileo was not told to recant his theory. He was told to stop teaching it as fact, especially because he had no proof that it was, indeed, fact.
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Who forced Galileo to recant many of his ideas?
Pope Paul V and Cardinal Bellarmine forced Galileo to recant many of his ideas. These ideas included the idea that the earth revolved around the sun.
Is it true of false that Luther refused to recant his criticism against the Catholic Church?
True.
Who were the people that Galileo got into trouble with?
Galileo got into trouble with the Catholic Church, specifically with the Roman Inquisition. They accused him of promoting the heliocentric theory proposed by Copernicus, which challenged the geocentric view of the Church. Galileo's ideas were viewed as heretical and he was forced to recant his views under threat of imprisonment.
How did Galileo's work come into conflict with the church and how was the that conflict resolved?
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.
Why have authorities sometimes been a hindrance to scientific inquiry?
There have been many times in history where "organizations" or governments or churches have hindered scientific inquiries. To give well known example would be to recall what Galileo had to suffer in his day. As a scientist he was an outstanding man of his time. The Catholic Church in 17th century forced him to recant the Copernican concept of the universe. He was forced to do this because religous ideas of the time conflicted with scientific ones.
What was Leonardo da vinci's struggle?
He had many. The most notable was with the Catholic Church who threatened to torture him if he did not recant his belief that the earth is not the centre of the universe.
Why did Galileo have to withdraw his theories about the earths rotation?
Galileo was forced to recant his theories about the Earth's rotation because of the Church. His theories went against the biblical scriptures and therefore he was forced by the Pope and the clergy to retract all his theories from society.
Was forced to recant his scientific work which was placed on the Index?
Galileo
Did Martin Luther want to leave the Catholic Church?
He evidently did. When given the opportunity to recant his diatribe and work within the Catholic Church to reform it, he decided to go his own way and was excommunicated. That should have been little surprise to him.
Who is work was forced to recant his scientific work which was placed on the Index?
galileo
Who collected much data in favor of the heliocentric system but was forced to recant belief in it?
grosseteste
What was Galileo contribution to your onderstanding of gravity?
He said that the time for free fall does not depend on the mass of the object. A2. He was a supporter of the Copernican view that the Solar system was Helio centric, as opposed to Terra centric. The Catholic church of the time considered this a heresy and forced him to recant. Nevertherless, he continued to support Copernicus, and published papers in that view. For which the Church never forgave him and he was under house arrest for the remainder of his life.
