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An interesting read is On the Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies by Copernicus, even if you just read the introduction. It’s an appeal to the Pope regarding the sci
by ndm000 7y ago
An interesting read is On the Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies by Copernicus, even if you just read the introduction. It’s an appeal to the Pope regarding the scientific nature of his conclusions. Regardless, they still excommunicated him years later for going against what was thought the authority of scripture.
- simplesleeper 7y agono, Copernicus was never excommunicated, although "On the Revolutions of Heavenly bodies" went through various stages of requiring errata pointing out it was only a hypothesis and even a ban
- goto11 7y agoHe was never excommunicated as far as I know, and the book was only published after his death. The church did suppress the book though.
- ndm000 7y agoThanks - I was confusing the stories of Copernicus and Galileo. Galileo’s works, based on Copernicus’s ideas, were declared heretical. While not excommunicated he was persecuted by the church. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_affair https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_affair
- brighter2morrow 7y ago>An interesting read is On the Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies by Copernicus, even if you just read the introduction. It’s an appeal to the Pope regarding the scientific nature of his conclusions. Regardless, they still excommunicated him years later for going against what was thought the authority of scripture. This... is completely false. Copernicus never faced adversity for his heliocentric model.