Galileo
Subtitle: science and faith
By: by William E. Carroll
Series: CTS concise histories; CTS concise histories
Publisher: Catholic Truth Society
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 66
ISBN-13: 9781860825460
Subjects: Religion and science
Description: Is the Church against Science and Reason? The Galileo controversy has become a paragon of faith's supposed hostility towards science. Galileo believed that the earth rotated around the sun but did not have sufficient evidence to prove it. The Inquisition believed that unless such evidence existed the sun should continue to be considered to rotate around the earth. This booklet explains the facts of the Galileo case and traces the subsequent development of the myth that the Catholic Church has always been the enemy of science. This history proves that even in the Galileo case, the Church remained true to its belief that faith and reason belong together. (From back cover).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.