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Galileo was put on trial for questioning the Catholic faith, because he believed strongly that the Earth was not the centre of the universe. Catholic doctrine at that point perceived that Earth had been created by God and that the entire universe was based around the Earth, with all other objects revolving around it. Galileo sought to prove that the Earth orbited around the Sun and not the other way around, and his religious beliefs were called into question as a result -- in the Catholic Church's eyes, Galileo's belief that the Earth was not the centre of the universe was a blasphemy.

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