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    Why did the discoveries of Copernicus and Galileo challenge the authority of the Catholic Church?

    Question #106041. Asked by Cyle. (Jun 02 09 2:45 PM)


    kthnos

    		There is considerable uncertainty over the exact nature of the church’s argument with Galileo. It has been suggested that his real crime was publicly to challenge the authority of a Catholic hierarchy that in fact included many who were sympathisers or supporters, or even that the heliocentric issue (Copernican Theory) was less of a problem than his atomic theories, which undermined the doctrine of transubstantiation (the conversion of the bread and wine into the body and spirit of Christ in the mass).

    www.cultureandcosmos.com/abstracts/vol_7_no_1_Galileos_Life_and_Work .htm

    Jun 02 09, 2:53 PM
    star_gazer

    		Galileo and Copernicus claimed that the earth was not the center of the universe, this went against RC teaching.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_affair

    Jun 02 09, 3:02 PM

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