1632-3 was a very bad time for Pope Urban VIII. The German protestants were revolting..?

Question

..the plague was raging across Italy- massive threats to the authority of the established Church. Then along comes Galileo with his accursed 'Dialogues' book which gave thinly veiled credence to the heretical 'Copernican' (Heliocentric) system. This directly contradicted the bible, in particular the joshua and solomon bits..
What's a good pontiff to do?..after all the Copernican system is only a theory, and it directly contradicts biblical authority...of course the Holy Inquisition acted properly..wouldn't you agree??

actually hadn't meant of it as a parable of the contemporary at all. In fact it ended in a win-win situation..30yrs war stalemate..plague ended officially only 5 months after holy icon of Madonna of Impruneta was processed thru Florence in 1633. Galileo's 'Dialogue' fetched up to 6 scudi on the blackmarket (more than a weeks wages) and Galilleo himself died peacefully at his house in Arcetri in 1642 in the same year (old calendar) as a new troublemaker was born at Woolsthorpe..(this bugger had a proof!)
and in 1992 Pope John Paul finally endorsed Galileo's philosophy only 360 years later..

Answer 1

To keep your running commentary going, Carl G Jung said, "Fanaticism is only found in individuals who are compensating secret doubts." Now, take the lessons of 1632 and start applying them to today. Have we not got equivalents all over the place? Religious fanatics are terrorising entire nations. Plagues never heard of back then but new ones that could virtually wipe us out; the Doomsday Clock set at 5 minutes to midnight, the theory of Evolution directly contradicting biblical authority, no end of heretical sects, and the PC Brigade begining its unholy inquisition. Good pontiffs pontificate these days, and much good may it do them and us. Time for another Protestant revolt, methinks...

Answer 2

Galileo could only speak the truth of what he had discovered. The Pope had a Powerful Business to run so acted to suppress thinking that went away from doctrine.

Martin Luther was appalled at the greed of the Church and good for him, even though he was also a religious nut.

The Inquisition acted as the popes bully boys and particularly the Spanish was just a sadistic institution run by fanatics and vendettas.

So yes I suppose it acted properly for group of religious zealots and also gave people some hero's.

Answer 3

God gained't tell the Pope some ingredient because he does no longer exist. God (a minimum of even as talking about the Pope) is basically an imaginary voice contained in the Pope's head so of route the Pope is very no longer waiting to study some ingredient by using talking to himself. (inspite of if he believes he's talking to some different person)

Answer 4

Galileo`s treatment was typical of many `heretical` scientists and thinkers, and is simply another disgraceful episode in the long crusade of Christian anti-Science hatred. More amazing still is that scriptural belief has clearly evolved, heresy becomes fact, and yet the word of `God`s Bible` is claimed as faultless and unchanging, while the fear of Science and freethinking continues unabated.

Answer 5

You've really not done too good a job trying to stick a question in at the end of a ranting.... next time, make your point clear.

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Answer 6

Too highbrow for YA methinks. Maybe create a Wiki page instead?

Answer 7

>>The German protestants were revolting<<

All Protestants are revolting...sorry, couldn't resist!

>>of course the Holy Inquisition acted properly..wouldn't you agree??<<

Since they never convicted him of heresy, YES!

Answer 8

Psh. Protestants are just plain revolting to begin with.

Answer 9

And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Answer 10

Yes whatever happened to good old Torquemada?