Because he stated that the planets revolve around the sun, and not the earth. the roman catholic church taught that the earth was the centre of the solar system. he was made to publicly say he was mistaken and sentenced to house arrest
in 1733
The Inquisition sentenced Galileo in June of 1633. He remained under house arrest for the rest of his life (1642), smuggling out his later works to be published in Holland, out of reach of the Church.
The Roman Catholic Church, during the Spanish Inquisition.
They excommunicated him and put him under house arrest for life.
Galileo challenged church teachings by saying that the heliocentric model of the universe was trueThe 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.
Galileo was convicted in 1633 because he went up against the Roman Catholic Church. He disagreed with their beliefs, so the Church took him to court, found him guilty of heresy --going against a religion-- and then sentencing Galileo to house arrest, but for the rest of his life.
he was placed under house arrest for the rest of his life by the catholic church after the publishing of his book shortly before his death.
Galileo was found guilty of heresy by the Inquisition in 1633 for advocating the heliocentric model of the universe, which contradicted the geocentric model supported by the Catholic Church at that time. His sentence included house arrest, and he was required to formally renounce his beliefs.
Galileo challenged church teachings by saying that the heliocentric model of the universe was true
In galileo`s time the catholic church was at authority
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.
With the use of his new invention, the telescope, Galileo was able to verify Copernicus's theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun. He was placed under house arrest for his views, by the Catholic Church.