USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -But four centuries ago, the idea of a heliocentric solar system was so controversial that the Catholic Church classified it as a heresy, and warned the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei to abandon it.

Detailed explanation-2: -Galileo was ordered to turn himself in to the Holy Office to begin trial for holding the belief that the Earth revolves around the sun, which was deemed heretical by the Catholic Church.

Detailed explanation-3: -Responding to mounting controversy over theology, astronomy and philosophy, the Roman Inquisition tried Galileo in 1633, found him “vehemently suspect of heresy", and sentenced him to house arrest where he remained until his death in 1642.

Detailed explanation-4: -How did Giordano Bruno die? Giordano Bruno was sentenced to be burned to death by the Roman Inquisition for his heretical ideas, which he refused to recant. (It has been debated which of his ideas were found heretical, since the records of the case have not been preserved.)

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1633, the Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church forced Galileo Galilei, one of the founders of modern science, to recant his theory that the Earth moves around the Sun. Under threat of torture, Galileo – seen facing his inquisitors – recanted.