Fw: Galileo vs. The Church

Russell Maatman (rmaat@mtcnet.net)
Fri, 23 Jan 1998 10:49:48 -0600

For some reason, the message below, which was sent 17 days ago, was just
returned as "not delivered."
At the time, there was discussion concerning information re Galileo. My
position in the article cited was that Galileo actually agreed with the
earlier position of the church.

Russ

Russell Maatman
e-mail: rmaat@mtcnet.net
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> From: Russell Maatman <rmaat@mtcnet.net>
> To: asa@calvin.edu
> Subject: Fw: Galileo vs. The Church
> Date: Tuesday, January 06, 1998 3:55 PM
>
> For what it is worth, I did do a little reading on this subject and
> published my analysis:
>
> "The Galileo Incident," _Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith_,
> 46(3), 179-182. (This is the September, 1994 issue of PSCF.)
>
> I appreciated Charlie Hummel's book. I do, however, look at a slightly
> different aspect of the question from the aspects usually considered.
>
> Russ
>
> Russell Maatman
> e-mail: rmaat@mtcnet.net
> Home: 401 5th Avenue
> Sioux Center, IA 51250
>
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> > From: Chuck Noren <noren@inetnow.net>
> > To: Arthur V. Chadwick <chadwicka@swac.edu>
> > Cc: asa@calvin.edu
> > Subject: Galileo vs. The Church
> > Date: Monday, January 05, 1998 4:45 PM
> >
> >
> > > Galileo is a warning.
> >
> > I'm jumping in on the middle on a conversation and pulling
> > it out of context.
> >
> > I am wondering if there are some historians out there who can
> > comment on this. From what I heard, Galileo, when he first published
> > his theories about the Solar System, the Church largly ignored him.
> > It was some secular philosophers/scientists who were upset about
> > the theory and activily enlisted the aide of Rome to come down on
> > Galileo. I have not read historical sources on this so I don't know
> > if this is urban legend. Has someone studied the historical details
> > of the history of the conflict and could comment on this?
> >
> >
> > -Chuck
> > ----
> > Chuck Noren
> > Marietta, GA
> > noren@inetnow.net (home) / noren@es.atl.sita.int (work)
> >