Galileo's Inquisition Begins: The Church Puts Science on Trial
He knelt in Rome, trembling so hard his teeth clicked against the stone floor. The Inquisitors demanded he recant a theory that made the sun move, not the earth. They offered him freedom if he simply whispered words he didn't believe. He did, but his heart stayed with the stars. That silence cost him house arrest for the rest of his life. Now we know he was right, yet it took centuries to hear him speak again.
April 12, 1633
393 years ago
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