Who made the following statements against Galileo:You, Galileo, include several propositions against the true sense and authority of the Holy Scriptures including 1) The proposition that the sun is in the center of the world and immovable from its place 2) The proposition that the earth is not the center of the world, and that it moves?

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Who made the following statements against Galileo:“You, Galileo, include several propositions against the true sense and authority of the Holy Scriptures including 1) The proposition that the sun is in the center of the world and immovable from its place 2) The proposition that the earth is not the center of the world, and that it moves”?

A	the Pope
B	the Courts of Inquisition
C	King Henry IV
D	the Viceroy of Brazil

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Galileo discovered evidence to support Copernicus’ heliocentric theory when he observed four moons in orbit around Jupiter.

Detailed explanation-2: -On April 12, 1633, chief inquisitor Father Vincenzo Maculani da Firenzuola, appointed by Pope Urban VIII, begins the inquisition of physicist and astronomer Galileo Galilei.

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