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12-23-2008, 10:28 PM | #1 | |
Avalon Senior Member
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Good heavens: Vatican rehabilitating Galileo
Here is a very interesting article about the Vatican rehabilitating Galileo's image from a heretic, to a man of faith and reason.
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By NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press Writer It's nice to see a wrong righted by the Vatican. Bright Blessings... ml |
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12-23-2008, 11:44 PM | #2 |
Avalon Senior Member
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Location: Washington state
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Re: Good heavens: Vatican rehabilitating Galileo
Well, the alternative is to appear as an organization totally out of touch with reailty. Galileo was fortunate - he was politically astute enough to remain alive, unlike Bruno, who espoused much of the same theories and was burned at the stake in 1600
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno alys |
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galileo, pope, vatican |
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