To: meandog
Did the Pope apologize to Copernicus? I thought it was to Galileo. I don't think Copernicus himself was ever condemned.
67 posted on
08/23/2006 6:52:40 AM PDT by
Mrs. Don-o
(As always, striving for accuracy.)
To: Mrs. Don-o
I believe both were issued apologies... Remember, Copernicus was castigated for heliocentric theory and Galileo for backing him up. Nevertheless, both were devout RCs!
69 posted on
08/23/2006 7:01:11 AM PDT by
meandog
(While Clinton isn't fit even to scrape Reagan's shoes, Bush will never fill them!)
To: Mrs. Don-o; meandog
Copernicus never needed apologizing to, since he was never censured. He lectured on heliocentrism in Rome before the papal court a generation before Galileo began teaching and was complimented on his research.
Galileo was placed on trial on trumped-up charges by political enemies and placed under an unenforced house arrest. Basically his career was ruined since he was barred from being licensed to teach or publish.
Pope John Paul II officially cleared his name of these charges and apologized for the injustice.
71 posted on
08/23/2006 7:29:21 AM PDT by
wideawake
("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
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