Roman catholic church Quote by Stephen Hawking

“Galileo got into trouble because he maintained that since the new discoveries seemed to contradict scripture, those passages of scripture should be reinterpreted in…

— Michael Coren

“It is undoubtedly true that Galileo didn’t intend to challenge the very theological foundations of the Church of Rome by observing the Moon through…

— Brian Cox

The reality is that while heliocentrism was discussed and often accepted within Catholic circles - it was effectively the only place where it could…

— Michael Coren

It took the Church until 1832 to remove Galileo 's work from its list of books which Catholics were forbidden to read at the…

— Carl Sagan

“There was only one trial of Galileo, and yet it seems there were a thousand—the suppression of science by religion, the defense of individualism…

— Dava Sobel

The church at the time was much more faithful to reason than Galileo himself, and also took into consideration the ethical and social consequences…

— Paul Feyerabend

At the time of Galileo the Church remained much more reasonable than Galileo himself. The process against Galileo was reasonable and just.

— Pope Benedict XVI

“I knew of no sadder picture in the history of science than that of the old man, Galileo, worn by a long life of…

— Maria Mitchell

Galileo was challenged because he declared a theory to be a fact and argued with the Church about the genuine meaning of the Bible.

— Michael Coren

My message to the Pope would be, don't take sides on the science. Don't make the same mistake as seven out of 10 judges…

— Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley

“Actually, what we really need to remember about Galileo is that most of the people who use his name in argument could barely spell…

— Michael Coren

There is a very well-defined procedure that allows the Vatican to raise issues with a particular theologian about something that does not appear in…

— Godfried Danneels