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Q A sort of compromise, it seems, was here effected by 

 Galileo's promise not to further teach that the earth 

 revolves ^fc & 



He was kept at Rome under surveillance for some 

 months, but was finally allowed to return to Florence, 

 and cautioned that he must cease all public teaching, 

 speaking and writing on the subject of astronomy. 

 On March 5, 1616, the consulting theologians of the 

 Holy Office, reiterated that the two propositions of 

 Galileo, that the sun is the center of the universe, 

 and that the earth has a rotary motion, were " absurd 

 in philosophy, heretical and contrary to Scripture." 

 QThe works of Copernicus were then placed upon the 

 Index, and Pope Paul issued a special decree, warn- 

 ing all Churchmen to " abjure, shun and forever ab- 

 stain from giving encouragement, support, succor or 

 friendship to any one who believed or taught that the 

 earth revolves." 



The name of Copernicus was not removed from the 

 Index until the year 1818. 



[ALILEO made his way back to Florence, 

 a defeated and disappointed man. He had 

 not been tortured excepting mentally, but 

 he had heard the dungeon key turned in 

 the lock and felt the humiliation of being 

 a captive. The instruments of torture had 

 been shown him and he had heard the cries of the con- 

 demned j& Jt> 

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