[Oztrich Boy]

Galileo's problem was that he taught it as FACT, despite an agreement he signed promising to teach it as a possibility, and he ventured into the realm of theology, saying that the interpretation of the Bible was wrong.

The interpretation of the Bible was wrong.

[jcb8199]

Right. Problem is, Galileo was a scientist who started attacking the interpretation of the Bible when he was questioned about the heliocentric model. Right or not, he was not a theologian, and that is what got him in trouble--with Protestants and Catholics alike. Again, Copernicus came up with the heliocentric model, and received accolades from the Church...

[DarkSavant]

Galileo didn't have the evidence to prove Copernicus' theory, but wanted the Vatican to change their interpretation anyways. A greak book on it was "The Sleepwalkers" by Arthur Koestler