“Galileo was jailed for heresy”
Myth!
He was living in a Vatican Palace, with a servant, his food and wine provided by theTuscan ambassador.
He was never in prison.
Further, his crime was playing theologian, pretending to interpret scripture, and insulting the Pope.
Excellent reply. Galileo was a brilliant scientist who was supported by Cardinal Robert Bellarmine and received financial assistance for thirty years from the Vatican. Galileo has immense pride which motivated him to regularly insult the pope as well as his peers. Thus, he was not popular and the Protestants were able to exploit him as an example of whatever myth the Protestants were promoting at the time.
A sign of the last sentence is true is how Copernicus was nervous to publish his books, since Protestants threatened to kill him. Who takes the Bible literally? Who is closed minded? Not Galileo. Not Copernicus. Not Pope Julius II. For Catholics, Robert Bellarmine is a genius who supported Galileo and wrote a magnificent book on the Psalms.