Why did the church not bother Tycho, kepler, and newton?

Question

They persectued Galileo and Coprenicus....

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Answer 1

In a sense this misses the point. Galileo was the only one who got into trouble specifically over the expression of his scientific views. Absolutely nobody else did, not Copernicus, not Bruno, nobody. Galileo got into trouble because a) he probably ignored a specific instruction from the Church about what he could or could not do, b) his own arrogance had no bounds and he thought he could get away with anything c) he got caught in a dispute within the church between the Jesuits and the Dominicans, d) a highly technical point having to do with proving a physical hypothesis using mathematical reasoning and e) both sides, Galileo and the Church made mistakes and painted themselves into a corner they couldn't get out of.

Answer 2

the Church did not persecute Copernicus.
With regards to Galileo, the persecution was not caused by his scientific theories, but rather by his ad hominem arguments. He ridiculed the pope and scientists of his time who disagreed with him (most scientists disagreed with Galileo). This does not diminish the persecution but it means that it cannot be understood correctly if placed in the modern interpretation of science and religion. Your teacher has committed this error - he or she has interpreted the actions of the Church against Galileo in modern terms, and hence assumes that all 'scientists' would face 'persecution'. These terms are ambivalent.
Newton was in an entirely different milieu. Heliocentricity had been firmly established and was 'accepted' by Christians.

Answer 3

They did not bother Tycho Brahe because he was relatively unknown in his time. His works were analyzed by Kepler.

Kepler's works were not published until after his death.

I'm not sure about this one but Newton's works were actually accepted by the mathematicians of his time.