What crime was the crime Galileo got charged with?

Answer 1

Galileo got 'in trouble' because he realized that the planets do not all revolve around earth, as Ptolomy had said. The Catholic church realized that this was true, but was too stubborn to say that Ptolomy was wrong, so they punished Galileo.

Answer 2

He said he was cleverer than all the cardinals and that the church's beliefs about the Earth's place in the universe were wrong.

The main point of contention was that he said the Sun and not the Earth is at the centre of everything, which did not go down well. The church said that if there was enough evidence for it, they would have to have another look at the church's position. Meanwhile Galileo was ordered to keep quiet.

He did not and eventually he was put on trial, the lack of evidence was exposed and he recanted.

But many years later a new model proposed by Kepler, with elliptical orbits for all the planets with the Sun at the centre, was found to be the best theory and it is still in use.

Answer 3

Galileo was accused of heresy for reinterpreting the scriptures.

Galileo promoted the new theory of the planets' movements among the stars devised by Copernicus. This was against the church's teaching at the time because it placed the Sun at the centre. Galielo was told he could teach the new theory as a convenient way of making predictions, but that he must not insist it was the absolute truth.

After several years of this Galileo published a book with a summary of the argument, in which the Pope was portrayed as a simpleton for maintaining the Earth is at the centre. After that Galileo was put on trial for heresy and asked to provide proof. There was no proof and he was convicted, and he retracted his argument.

But many years later, after Newton's discoveries, it was found that Kepler's model, which used elliptical orbits but retained the idea of having the Sun at the centre, was probably correct, and further discoveries in the next 200 years supported this view so that today it is generally accepted as right. So Galileo turned out to have been right all along, without being able to prove it during his lifetime.

Answer 4

Galileo was ordered to stand trial in front of the Inquisition in 1633 on suspicion of heresy. The Inquisition was a Catholic Church body and in no way equated to a "criminal court."

Answer 5

he wrote a book that contradicted the believes of the church. saying that the earth revolves around the sun.

Answer 6

Galileo was charged with heresy by the Roman Catholic Church for advocating heliocentrism, which contradicted the Church's interpretation of Scripture that placed Earth at the center of the universe.

Answer 7

The pope charged Galileo with heresy.