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To: curiosity

I belive that Galileo's book remained on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum until 1822.

29 posted on 02/04/2006 4:11:42 PM PST by PatrickHenry (Virtual Ignore for trolls, lunatics, dotards, scolds, & incurable ignoramuses.)

To: PatrickHenry

I belive that Galileo's book remained on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum until 1822.

That's correct, but the blanket condemnation of heliocentric books, as well as Kepler and Copernicus were removed in 1758.

I think Galileo's dialogues stayed on it longer for personal reasons; they insulted a pope, after all.

31 posted on 02/04/2006 4:48:57 PM PST by curiosity

To: PatrickHenry

Woops, sorry. I should have said "not as clear cut as people make it out to be."

37 posted on 02/04/2006 4:59:15 PM PST by curiosity

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