Galileo, 1564-1642, the great Italian...
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Galileo, 1564-1642, the great Italian astronomer and physicist, challenged Aristotle's position that the universe revolved around the earth. He discovered that the Milky Way was a myriad of stars, that Jupiter had four satellites, the uniqueness of Saturn, and the phases of Venus and Mars. His continued studies and discoveries led him in 1632 to publish his masterpiece, A Dialogue on the Two Principal Systems of the World, which proposed the Copernican theory that the earth moves around the sun. He was immediately summoned before the Holy Office, or Inquisition, of the Roman Catholic Church. After a long trial, he was forced to say that he gave up his belief in the Copernican theory and was sentenced to house arrest for the remainder of his life. According to Clifton Fadiman in his Anecdotes, as he arose from his knees after making his solemn renunciation of the Copernican doctrine, he was heard to mutter, "But still it moves."
Our Lord calls us to repent. He compels us to look at our own sinful hearts in the light of God's just demands and not in comparison with what others have done and failed to do. And while he offers forgiveness and a second chance, he expects that our repentance be sincere.
-- Guettler
Our Lord calls us to repent. He compels us to look at our own sinful hearts in the light of God's just demands and not in comparison with what others have done and failed to do. And while he offers forgiveness and a second chance, he expects that our repentance be sincere.
-- Guettler
