--- title: "3 Catholic church Quotes By Galileo Galilei" description: "3 Catholic church quotes by Galileo Galilei. Plus more from Galileo Galilei and more Catholic church sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd3/galileo-galilei-2377_catholic_i-have-been-judged-vehemently-suspect-of_879804.png" --- > [I have been judged vehemently suspect of heresy, that is, of having held and believed that the sun in the centre of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galileo-galilei/i-have-been-judged-vehemently-suspect-of-heresy-that-is-of-having/) [Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galileo-galilei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd3/galileo-galilei-2377_catholic_i-have-been-judged-vehemently-suspect-of_879804.png) > [I abjure with a sincere heart and unfeigned faith, I curse and detest the said errors and heresies, and generally all and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galileo-galilei/i-abjure-with-a-sincere-heart-and-unfeigned-faith-i-curse-and-detest/) [Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galileo-galilei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/684/galileo-galilei-2377_catholic_i-abjure-with-a-sincere-heart-and-unfeig_1233649.png) > [“After an injunction had been judicially intimated to me by this Holy Office, to the effect that I must altogether abandon the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galileo-galilei/after-an-injunction-had-been-judicially-intimated-to-me-by-this-holy/) [Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galileo-galilei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/933/galileo-galilei-2377_catholic-church_after-an-injunction-had-been-judicially_2014480.jpg) ## Other authors on Catholic church - [Robert Sarah 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholic-church/robert-sarah/) - [Saint Augustine 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholic-church/saint-augustine/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-adolf-hitler-9531.jpg) Adolf Hitler 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholic-church/adolf-hitler/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-francis-75890.jpg) Pope Francis 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholic-church/pope-francis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-ross-douthat-81387.jpg) Ross Douthat 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholic-church/ross-douthat/) ## More by Galileo Galilei > [Surely, God could have caused birds to fly with their bones made of solid gold, with their veins full of quicksilver, with their flesh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galileo-galilei/surely-god-could-have-caused-birds-to-fly-with-their-bones-made-of/) [Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galileo-galilei/) > [If experiments are performed thousands of times at all seasons and in every place without once producing the effects mentioned by your philosophers, poets,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galileo-galilei/if-experiments-are-performed-thousands-of-times-at-all-seasons-and-in/) [Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galileo-galilei/) > [“(T)he increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galileo-galilei/t-he-increase-of-known-truths-stimulates-the-investigation/) [Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galileo-galilei/) > [In the long run my observations have convinced me that some men, reasoning preposterously, first establish some conclusion in their minds which, either because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galileo-galilei/in-the-long-run-my-observations-have-convinced-me-that-some-men/) [Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galileo-galilei/) > [Nature . . . is inexorable and immutable; she never transgresses the laws imposed upon her, nor cares a whit whether her abstruse reasons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galileo-galilei/nature-is-inexorable-and-immutable-she-never-transgresses-the-laws/) [Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galileo-galilei/) > [Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galileo-galilei/holy-writ-was-intended-to-teach-men-how-to-go-to-heaven-not-how-the/) [Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galileo-galilei/) > [And who can doubt that it will lead to the worst disorders when minds created free by God are compelled to submit slavishly to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galileo-galilei/and-who-can-doubt-that-it-will-lead-to-the-worst-disorders-when-minds/) [Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galileo-galilei/) > [ Among the great men who have philosophized about \[the action of the tides\], the one who surprised me most is Kepler. He was a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galileo-galilei/among-the-great-men-who-have-philosophized-about-the-action-of-the/) [Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galileo-galilei/) > [Infinities and indivisibles transcend our finite understanding, the former on account of their magnitude, the latter because of their smallness; Imagine what they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galileo-galilei/infinities-and-indivisibles-transcend-our-finite-understanding-the/) [Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galileo-galilei/) > [I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galileo-galilei/i-do-not-feel-obliged-to-believe-that-the-same-god-who-has-endowed-us/) [Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galileo-galilei/) > [What ever the course of our lives, we should recieve them as the highest gift from the hand of God, in which equally reposed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galileo-galilei/what-ever-the-course-of-our-lives-we-should-recieve-them-as-the/) [Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galileo-galilei/) > [I cannot but be astonished that Sarsi should persist in trying to prove by means of witnesses something that I may see for myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galileo-galilei/i-cannot-but-be-astonished-that-sarsi-should-persist-in-trying-to/) [Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galileo-galilei/) > [I would say here something that was heard from an ecclesiastic of the most eminent degree: The intention of the Holy Spirit is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galileo-galilei/i-would-say-here-something-that-was-heard-from-an-ecclesiastic-of-the/) [Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galileo-galilei/) > [Some, merely to contradict what I had said, did not scruple to cast doubt upon things they had seen with their own eyes again…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galileo-galilei/some-merely-to-contradict-what-i-had-said-did-not-scruple-to-cast/) [Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galileo-galilei/) > [By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galileo-galilei/by-denying-scientific-principles-one-may-maintain-any-paradox/) [Galileo Galilei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/galileo-galilei/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholic-church/galileo-galilei/#itemlist", "name": "3 Catholic church Quotes By Galileo Galilei", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have been judged vehemently suspect of heresy, that is, of having held and believed that the sun in the centre of the universe and immoveable, and that the earth is not at the center of same, and that it does move. 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