As I understand it, Galileo posited his theories as fact, asserting what could not at the time be proven -- sort of like the Global Warming cabal. His theory about the tides being controlled by the sun didn't work out as well as the other . . .
I can immediately see the problem here with these three words. Of course you believe it impossible for your church to revise and sugarcoat history so as not to show them in a bad light, so there's not much point in us conversing any more on this, is there? Again, fours later (rolling eyes).
Bingo. His observations were as well explained by heliocentricity as the were by the Tychoan theory. It was not until later that heliocentricity moved from theory to fact - based on the science.