A few days ago
fallen_heart

why is the clashed between Galileo and the Catholic Church important??

the question say it all, plz help!

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A few days ago
Civis Romanus

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Man’s place in the universe was at stake. The Church taught that man was the center of everything, that the sun revolved around the earth. Galileo knew the opposite was true. Even when he was forced to “recant” (to admit he was “wrong”), he muttered under his breath, “But it does move”, meaning the earth around the sun and on its axis.

Also at stake was the Church’s teaching authority and people’s faith in what the Bible said. If Galileo was right, then the Church and the Bible could be wrong, and you should believe what science can prove, not what faith teaches.

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A few days ago
LALA
Fiscal responsibility

The April issue of U.S. Catholic, printed before the passage of the New York State budget, reports:

Our collective inability as a nation and as consumers to balance our budgets is not just a political but a moral failure. In fact, reining in U.S. debt could be the most challenging social and moral problem of our times. Though terrorism and Mother Nature remain potent and uncertain dangers, it is America’s fiscal gluttony and shaky monetary policy that are emerging as the likeliest threats to world stability and peace.

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A few days ago
herowithgreeneyesandbluejeans
It was an early, real life, episode of scientific method challenging religious faith.
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