Really? The encyclopedia Wikipedia disagrees with you “Galileo was a devout
Catholic, yet his writings on Copernican
heliocentrism disturbed some in the
Catholic Church, who believed in a
geocentric model of the
solar system. They argued that heliocentrism was in direct contradiction of the
Bible, at least as interpreted by the
church fathers, and the highly revered ancient writings of Aristotle and
Plato.”
And more “The war became more and more bitter. The Dominican Father Caccini preached a sermon from the text, “Ye men of
Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?” and this wretched
pun upon the great astronomer’s name ushered in sharper weapons; for, before Caccini ended, he insisted that “geometry is of the devil,” and that “mathematicians should be banished as the authors of all
heresies.” The Church authorities gave Caccini promotion.”
What a brilliant priest your church produced “geometry is of the devil?”
Here is another brilliant analysis from some Bishop or cardinal cited in the encyclopedia "But by far the most terrible champion who now appeared was Cardinal
Bellarmin, one of the greatest theologians the world has known. He was earnest, sincere, and learned, but insisted on making science conform to Scripture. The weapons which men of Bellarmin’s stamp used were purely theological. They held up before the world the dreadful consequences which must result to Christian theology were the heavenly bodies proved to revolve about the Sun and not about the Earth. Their most tremendous dogmatic engine was the statement that “his pretended discovery vitiates the whole Christian plan of salvation.” Father
Lecazre declared “it casts suspicion on the doctrine of the incarnation.” Others declared, “It upsets the whole basis of theology. If the Earth is a planet, and only one among several planets, it can not be that any such great things have been done specially for it as the Christian doctrine teaches. If there are other planets, since God makes nothing in vain, they must be inhabited; but how can their inhabitants be descended from
Adam? How can they trace back their origin to
Noah’s ark? How can they have been redeemed by the Saviour?”
Oh the dreadful consequences of the earth revolving around the sun.
So Maggie do you proudly throw your lot in with these men? Is as your brilliant priest said geometry of the devil? Have you been daily experiencing the dreadful consequences of the earth revolving around the sun.
I am ROFLOL at their comments. How about you!
When it starts out how is Mary a virgin and goes to and you Roman Catholics and antichrist Popes
Then a Galileo attack and that one has nothing to do with anything relevant to spirituality.So a smiley face has to do what a smiley face has to do.God Bless
Hey doulos Mary is a virgin now and forever