HIST 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter Primary Source: Heresiarch, Formal Charge, Robert Bellarmine
1 Jun 2016
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Johannes kepler (germany, 1571) born during the scientific revolution. Worked as a professor of math and astronomy at a protestant school in austria. Convinced that god had created a universe with a structure. Acknowledges the need for scientific evidence and data kepler needs galileo"s findings with his telescope. Galileo letter to the grand duchess christina of tuscany (15th century) Christina of tuscany the daughter of charles iii of lorraine and the granddaughter of catherine de" medici. Intention was to accommodate copernicanism (heliocentrism: the astronomical model in which the. Earth and planets revolve around a relatively stationary sun at the center of the solar system) with the doctrines of the catholic church. Galileo"s approach condemned him as a heretic. Robert bellarmine was an italian jesuit and cardinal of the catholic church. Paolo foscarini supported galileo publicly by proving the new theory was not opposing christianity. Bellarmine"s letter to foscarini acknowledges the scientific validity in galileo"s findings and.
