he was excommunicated and put in jail
Because it went against what the church says.
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.
His ideas went against their beleifs, that the Earth was the center of the universe and he agreed with ideas of Copernicus.
His views went against traditional beliefs, including those of the Roman Catholic Church.
Galileo was imprisoned for supporting the Copernican theory that the Earth revolves around the sun, which contradicted the Catholic Church's belief that the Earth was the center of the universe. His views were seen as heretical and went against the church's teachings at the time.
Nowadays, nothing, but until the 1920's, you were lynched if you defied the Bible or the church.
heresy
John Calvin is a person who went up against the Catholic church .
they went against the church teachings and authority
Some clergy members engaged in behaviors such as simony (selling church positions), nepotism (favoritism toward family members), and sexual misconduct, all of which went against church law. Additionally, some clergy were known to lead extravagant lifestyles in violation of the vow of poverty.
Because it went against what the church says.
The Lutherans - a Church set up by Martin Luther in protest (ie 'Protestant') against what he saw as corruption in the Church of Rome.
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.
His ideas went against their beleifs, that the Earth was the center of the universe and he agreed with ideas of Copernicus.
Yes because he went against the church. The church believed everything revolved around the Earth, but Galileo said everything revolved around the sun.
no they where not the only ones that went to church
When Galileo went against the church he was excommunicated. The Church had previously believed in the geocentric planetary model (where the earth was the center of the universe and the planets rotated around it), and when Galileo came up with the heliocentric model (the planets revolved around the sun), the Church asked him to disregard it, and when he didn't they excommunicated him