What was Galileo's punishment for challenging the Roman Catholics' view that the Earth was the center of the universe?

mochyn

house arrest Jan 13 04, 6:03 PM

Tadpole Angel

House arrest for the remainder of his life. http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Bio/narrative_7.html Jan 13 04, 6:15 PM

Hamlet.

He was ordered to recant (supposedly he uttered the famous statement: "And yet it moves," a referance to the Copernican theory that the Earth rotates on its axis), and was originally to be imprisoned. However, the Pope commuted his sentence to house arrest...which Galileo served until he died blind at the age of seventy-eight. Jan 13 04, 6:41 PM

Create a Free FunTrivia ID to add to, request more/new answers, or edit this entry

Can non-Catholics be married in the Catholic Church? Who invented the View-Master? How many US presidents were Roman Catholics? How old is the universe?

1 Journey to the Center of the Earth For those of you who read this classic by Jules Verne, it should be a snap! Verne, Jules Difficult 10 Q beckita13 Jul 04 00 846 plays 2 'Journey To The Center Of The Earth' (2008) This is a quiz on the movie 'Journey To The Center Of The Earth', starring Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson and Anita Briem. Enjoy! J Average 10 Q anabanana2015 Jul 22 09 228 plays 3 Challenging Earth Trivia We all call it home, but how much do you really know about this planet we call Earth? This quiz is very challenging, and only for those who consider themselves down to Earth. Enjoy. Earth Science Difficult 15 Q Natsirt May 18 01 3150 plays