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Galileo challenged church teachings by saying that the heliocentric model of the universe was true
The Catholic Church charged him with heresy. Due to his support of the heliocentric or sun centered theory. Which directly opposed the Church accepted theory that the sun and planets revolved around the earth.
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Galileo challenged church teachings by saying that the heliocentric model of the universe was true
The Catholic Church charged him with heresy. Due to his support of the heliocentric or sun centered theory. Which directly opposed the Church accepted theory that the sun and planets revolved around the earth.
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∙ 13y agoHe was found guilty of heresy.
Because he presented ideas against the Church that the Earth was not the center of the universe and moved, along with other planets, around the Sun. The Church believed that the Earth was stationary.
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∙ 14y agoGalileo was placed under house arrest for disobeying the church, which had ordered him to stop teaching that the Earth revolves around the sun, rather than being the unmoving center of the universe around which everything else revolves. It should be noted that the verdict of his trial was officially reversed, approximately 400 years later.
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∙ 14y agoGalileo Galilei was held under house result for heresy. It was part of an incident referred to as the Galileo Affair.
During that time, Galileo was in conflict with the Catholic Church for suspicion of heresy due to his support of Copernican astronomy.
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∙ 11y agoi dont know i was asking that same thing... i have to do a report to do on him...
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What are some problems of Galileo?
Galileo was put under house arrest.
What was his sentence Galileo?
He was put under house arrest
What year was Galileo put under house arrest?
69 years old
Why was Galileo put in jail by the pope?
Galileo was never put in jail, he was put under house arrest because his teachings on gravity and the solar system was against the church.
What did the catholic church do to Galileo when he make his theories public?
They excommunicated him and put him under house arrest for life.
Who put Galileo in house arrest?
The Roman Catholic Church, during the Spanish Inquisition.
Was Galileo galilei ever put in jail?
He was never put in jail, but he was tried by the Inquisition, found "vehemently suspect of heresy", forced to recant, and spent the rest of his life under house arrest.
Was Galileo in prison forever?
Basically. He was put in prison for proving that the sun was in the centre of the universe (well it's not really but you know), and the bible said differently, so he was put under arrest for heresy or something. He somehow got out of life imprisonment and instead was just under house arrest until he died.
Did Galileo write any books?
No, Galileo wrote his first work, Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, as a free man. It was that book that angered the Catholic Church. Galileo was never actually in jail; he was put on house arrest even when he was awaiting trial. The Church condemned him to a life of house arrest, and it was there that he wrote his second book. He was never actually in jail, but he was on permanent house arrest where he wrote his second.
When was Galileo Galilei imprisoned?
Galileo Galilei was put underhouse arrest in June of 1633, not at his own house, but at the residence of the Tuscan ambassador, and later at the residence of the archbishop of Siena after traveling to Rome to be questioned by the Roman Inquisition. Then, in December of the same year, he was allowed to return to his villa in Arcetri, near Florence. He was not released, but was kept under house arrest for the remainder of his life.(For a complete timeline see the related link below.)
What happened to Nelson Mandela's wife?
his wife was imprisoned and put under house arrest
What is a sentence that you can put the word military arrest in it?
He was put under military arrest.
