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Re: Greeks, Romans and Catholics
From: Bill B
Date: 2006 Mar 14, 16:15 -0500
From: Bill B
Date: 2006 Mar 14, 16:15 -0500
> He is, of course, famous for being threatened with excommunication by > the Catholic church if he didn't recant his theories about the universe > being heliocentric. > > Fast forward a few centuries: Don't know how many are aware of this, > but the Vatican has supported its own observatory for the last century > or so. No, not still trying to dispute Galileo (they learned their > lesson on that one), but trying to advance astronomy. If I recall, the church finally let him off the hook for his opinions--the tail end of last century! Bill
