> The church was initially fine with heliocentrism
According to Wikipedia:
> Galileo was given permission to write about the Copernican theory, as long as he treated it as a hypothesis
When the evidence became overwhelming, instead of acknowledging that Galileo was correct...
> Responding to mounting controversy over theology, astronomy and philosophy, the Roman Inquisition tried Galileo in 1633, found him "vehemently suspect of heresy", and sentenced him to house arrest where he remained until his death in 1642. At that point, heliocentric books were banned and Galileo was ordered to abstain from holding, teaching or defending heliocentric ideas after the trial.
I think it is safe to say that the Church was definitely not fine with the heliocentric ideas.
This is a bit disingenuous. Once again according to Wikipedia:
> Pope Pius XII confirmed that there is no intrinsic conflict between Christianity and the theory of evolution, provided that Christians believe that God created all things and that the individual soul is a direct creation by God and not the product of purely material forces.
Basically, the Church has no problem with evolution as long as everyone agrees that evolution happens after God created everything on the planet/in the universe.
To go as far as saying it has no objection to evolution is taking it a bit too far as clearly this acceptance of the theory of evolution is constrained within a very tight framework in which God remains the sole creator of life.
>> Galileo was given permission to write about the Copernican theory, as long as he treated it as a hypothesis
I cannot find that in Wikipedia's article about Galileo.
So why was neither Copernicus (who initial proposed the theory) or anyone else subjected to restrictions like that?
Also, it was a hypothesis that was proved to the wrong. The sun is not the centre of the universe. He was wrong to claim it had been proved it was. It was not even the best supported theory on the available evidence (there were several theories competing to replace the Ptolemaic model).
> Basically, the Church has no problem with evolution as long as everyone agrees that evolution happens after God created everything on the planet/in the universe.
How does that constrain evolution? The Universe was created a few billion years before evolution even started!
You should read a bit more beyond Wikipedia. It’s a far, far more complicated and interesting story than you’re portraying it to be.
The Catholic Church actually initially funded Copernicus and was interested in his findings, but this was the reformation and counter-reformation, so that context is extremely important as to why their stance changed.
What they did to Giordano Bruno, on the other hand, is a massive stain on the church.
According to Wikipedia:
> Galileo was given permission to write about the Copernican theory, as long as he treated it as a hypothesis
When the evidence became overwhelming, instead of acknowledging that Galileo was correct...
> Responding to mounting controversy over theology, astronomy and philosophy, the Roman Inquisition tried Galileo in 1633, found him "vehemently suspect of heresy", and sentenced him to house arrest where he remained until his death in 1642. At that point, heliocentric books were banned and Galileo was ordered to abstain from holding, teaching or defending heliocentric ideas after the trial.
I think it is safe to say that the Church was definitely not fine with the heliocentric ideas.
> Also incorrect. The church never had an objection to evolution. Many influential people in the church (such as cardinal Newman) welcomed it. https://inters.org/Newman-Scarborough-Darwin-Evolution
This is a bit disingenuous. Once again according to Wikipedia:
> Pope Pius XII confirmed that there is no intrinsic conflict between Christianity and the theory of evolution, provided that Christians believe that God created all things and that the individual soul is a direct creation by God and not the product of purely material forces.
Basically, the Church has no problem with evolution as long as everyone agrees that evolution happens after God created everything on the planet/in the universe.
To go as far as saying it has no objection to evolution is taking it a bit too far as clearly this acceptance of the theory of evolution is constrained within a very tight framework in which God remains the sole creator of life.