Article ID: CBB001024136

The Censoring of Galileo's Sunspot Letters and the First Phase of His Trial (2011)

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Galileo's Sunspot Letters, published in 1613, underwent extensive censorship before publication. It seems likely that the Roman Inquisition had charge of the pre-publication review of Galileo's work, rather than the usual organ, the Master of the Sacred Palace. A study of that process demonstrates that the issue to which the censors objected was Galileo's use of the bible, not his allegiance to Copernicus. In the course of the first phase of Galileo's trial, orchestrated by one of the most powerful Cardinal Inquisitors, two propositions allegedly drawn from the book were judged either formally heretical or at least erroneous in the faith. These judgments might have come not from the published book but from the Inquisition's censorship of its drafts. They supported Galileo's silencing in 1616.

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Authors & Contributors
Mayer, Thomas F.
Lerner, Michel-Pierre
Clizia Carminati
Vries, Lyke de
Alberto Melloni
Protasi, Chiara
Concepts
Science and religion
Censorship
Roman Catholic Church
Astronomy
Copernicanism
Inquisitions
Time Periods
17th century
20th century
Early modern
16th century
Modern
19th century
Places
Italy
Europe
England
France
Institutions
Museo del Collegio Romano
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Rome)
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