The Roman Inquisition: Trying Galileo, by Thomas F. Mayer [Book Review]

Theological Studies 77 (4):966-968 (2016)
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Was Galileo’s clash with the Church about science or about legal procedures that he had apparently neglected? Was he ultimately condemned for heresy or for violating a legal precept by publishing the "Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems"?

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