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went around the sun rather than the earth but it is now known that he did not 34 martianus capella definitely put mercury and venus in orbit around the sun 35 aristarchus of samos wrote a work which has not survived on heliocentrism saying that the sun was at the center of the universe while the earth and other planets revolved around it 36 his theory was not popular and he had one named follower seleucus of seleucia 37 epicurus was the most radical he correctly realized in the 4th century bc that the universe does not have any single center this theory was widely accepted by the later epicureans and was notably defended by lucretius in his poem de rerum natura 38 copernican system edit main article copernican heliocentrism in 1543 the geocentric system met its first serious challenge with the publication of copernicus de revolutionibus orbium coelestium on the revolutions of the heavenly spheres which posited that the earth and the other planets instead revolved around the sun the geocentric system was still held for many years afterwards as at the time the copernican system did not offer better predictions than the geocentric system and it posed problems for both natural philosophy and scripture the copernican system was no more accurate than ptolemy s system because it still used circular orbits this was not altered until johannes kepler postulated that they were elliptical kepler s first law of planetary motion tychonic system edit main article tychonic system in this depiction of the tychonic system the objects on blue orbits the moon and the sun revolve around the earth the objects on orange orbits mercury venus mars jupiter and saturn revolve around the sun around all is a sphere of stars which rotates tycho brahe 1545 1601 made more accurate determinations of the positions of planets and stars he sought the effect of stellar parallax which would have been empirically verifiable proof of the earth s motion around the sun predicted by the copernican model having observed no effect he rejected the idea of the earth s motion 39 consequently he introduced a new system the tychonic system in which the earth was still at the center of the universe and around it revolved the sun but all the other planets revolved around the sun in a set of epicycles his model considered both the benefits of the copernican model and the lack of evidence for the earth s motion 40 observation by galileo and abandonment of the ptolemaic model edit with the invention of the telescope in 1609 observations made by galileo galilei such as that jupiter has moons called into question some of the tenets of geocentrism but did not seriously threaten it because he observed dark spots on the moon craters he remarked that the moon was not a perfect celestial body as had been previously conceived this was the first detailed observation by telescope of the moon s imperfections which had previously been explained by aristotle as the moon being contaminated by earth and its heavier elements in contrast to the aether of the higher spheres galileo could also see the moons of jupiter which he dedicated to cosimo ii de medici and stated that they orbited around jupiter not earth 41 this was a significant claim as it would mean not only that not everything revolved around earth as stated in the ptolemaic model but also showed a secondary celestial body could orbit a moving celestial body strengthening the heliocentric argument that a moving earth could retain the moon 42 galileo s observations were verified by other astronomers of the time period who quickly adopted use of the telescope including christoph scheiner johannes kepler and giovan paulo lembo 43 in 1610 galileo galilei observed with his telescope that venus showed phases despite remaining near the sun in earth s sky first image this proved that it orbits the sun and not earth as predicted by copernican and tychonic models and disproved the ptolemaic one second image in december 1610 galileo galilei used his telescope to observe that venus showed all phases just like the moon he thought that while this observation was incompatible with the ptolemaic system it was a natural consequence of the heliocentric system however ptolemy placed venus deferent and epicycle entirely inside the sphere of the sun between the sun and mercury but this was arbitrary he could just as easily have swapped venus and mercury and put them on the other side of the sun or made any other arrangement of venus and mercury as long as they were always near a line running from the earth through the sun such as placing the center of the venus epicycle near the sun in this case if the sun is the source of all the light under the ptolemaic system if venus is between earth and the sun the phase of venus must always be crescent or all dark if venus is beyond the sun the phase of venus must always be gibbous or full but galileo saw venus at first small and full and later large and crescent this showed that with a ptolemaic cosmology the venus epicycle can be neither completely inside nor completely outside of the orbit of the sun as a result ptolemaics abandoned the idea that the epicycle of venus was completely inside the sun and later 17th century competition between astronomical cosmologies focused on variations of the tychonic or copernican systems historical positions of the roman catholic hierarchy edit the galileo affair pitted the geocentric model against the claims of galileo in regards to the theological basis for such an argument two popes addressed the question of whether the use of phenomenological language would compel one to admit an error in scripture both taught that it would not pope leo xiii wrote we have to contend against those who making an evil use of physical science minutely scrutinize the sacred book in order to detect the writers in a mistake and to take occasion to vilify its contents there can never indeed be any real discrepancy between the theologian and the physicist as long as each confines himself within his own lines and both are careful as st augustine warns us not to make rash assertions or to assert what is not known as known if dissension should arise between them here is the rule also laid down by st augustine for the theologian whatever they can really demonstrate to be true of physical nature we must show to be capable of reconciliation with our scriptures and whatever they assert in their treatises which is contrary to these scriptures of ours that is to catholic faith we must either prove it as well as we can to be entirely false or at all events we must without the smallest hesitation believe it to be so to understand how just is the rule here formulated we must remember first that the sacred writers or to speak more accurately the holy ghost who spoke by them did not intend to teach men these things that is to say the essential nature of the things of the visible universe things in no way profitable unto salvation hence they did not seek to penetrate the secrets of nature but rather described and dealt with things in more or less figurative language or in terms which were commonly used at the time and which in many instances are in daily use at this day even by the most eminent men of science ordinary speech primarily and properly describes what comes under the senses and somewhat in the same way the sacred writers as the angelic doctor also reminds us went by what sensibly appeared or put down what god speaking to men signified in the way men could understand and were accustomed to providentissimus deus 18 maurice finocchiaro author of a book on the galileo affair notes that this is a view of the relationship between biblical interpretation and scientific investigation that corresponds to the one advanced by galileo in the letter to the grand duchess christina 44 pope pius xii repeated his predecessor s teaching the first and greatest care of leo xiii was to set forth the teaching on the truth of the sacred books and to defend it from attack hence with grave words did he proclaim that there is no error whatsoever if the sacred writer speaking of things of the physical order went by what sensibly appeared as the angelic doctor says speaking either in figurative language or in terms which were commonly used at the time and which in many instances are in daily use at this day even among the most eminent men of science for the sacred writers or to speak more accurately the words are st augustine s the holy spirit who spoke by them did not intend to teach men these things that is the essential nature of the things of the universe things in no way profitable to salvation which principle will apply to cognate sciences and especially to history that is by refuting in a somewhat similar way the fallacies of the adversaries and defending the historical truth of sacred scripture from their attacks divino afflante spiritu 3 in 1664 pope alexander vii republished the index librorum prohibitorum list of prohibited books and attached the various decrees connected with those books including those concerned with heliocentrism he stated in a papal bull that his purpose in doing so was that the succession of things done from the beginning might be made known quo rei ab initio gestae series innotescat 45 the position of the curia evolved slowly over the centuries towards permitting the heliocentric view in 1757 during the papacy of benedict xiv the congregation of the index withdrew the decree that prohibited all books teaching the earth s motion although the dialogue and a few other books continued to be explicitly included in 1820 the congregation of the holy office with the pope s approval decreed that catholic astronomer giuseppe settele was allowed to treat the earth s motion as an established fact and removed any obstacle for catholics to hold to the motion of the earth the assessor of the holy office has referred the request of giuseppe settele professor of optics and astronomy at la sapienza university regarding permission to publish his work elements of astronomy in which he espouses the common opinion of the astronomers of our time regarding the earth s daily and yearly motions to his holiness through divine providence pope pius vii previously his holiness had referred this request to the supreme sacred congregation and concurrently to the consideration of the most eminent and most reverend general cardinal inquisitor his holiness has decreed that no obstacles exist for those who sustain copernicus affirmation regarding the earth s movement in the manner in which it is affirmed today even by catholic authors he has moreover suggested the insertion of several notations into this work aimed at demonstrating that the above mentioned affirmation of copernicus as it has come to be understood does not present any difficulties difficulties that existed in times past prior to the subsequent astronomical observations that have now occurred pope pius vii has also recommended that the implementation of these decisions be given to the cardinal secretary of the supreme sacred congregation and master of the sacred apostolic palace he is now appointed the task of bringing to an end any concerns and criticisms regarding the printing of this book and at the same time ensuring that in the future regarding the publication of such works permission is sought from the cardinal vicar whose signature will not be given without the authorization of the superior of his order 46 in 1822 the congregation of the holy office removed the prohibition on the publication of books treating of the earth s motion in accordance with modern astronomy and pope pius vii ratified the decision the most excellent cardinals have decreed that there must be no denial by the present or by future masters of the sacred apostolic palace of permission to print and to publish works which treat of the mobility of the earth and of the immobility of the sun according to the common opinion of modern astronomers as long as there are no other contrary indications on the basis of the decrees of the sacred congregation of the index of 1757 and of this supreme holy office of 1820 and that those who would show themselves to be reluctant or would disobey should be forced under punishments at the choice of this sacred congregation with derogation of their claimed privileges where necessary 47 the 1835 edition of the catholic list of prohibited books for the first time omits the dialogue from the list 44 in his 1921 papal encyclical in praeclara summorum pope benedict xv stated that though this earth on which we live may not be the center of the universe as at one time was thought it was the scene of the original happiness of our first ancestors witness of their unhappy fall as too of the redemption of mankind through the passion and death of jesus christ 48 in 1965 the second vatican council stated that consequently we cannot but deplore certain habits of mind which are sometimes found too among christians which do not sufficiently attend to the rightful independence of science and which from the arguments and controversies they spark lead many minds to conclude that faith and science are mutually opposed 49 the footnote on this statement is to msgr pio paschini s vita e opere di galileo galilei 2 volumes vatican press 1964 pope john paul ii regretted the treatment that galileo received in a speech to the pontifical academy of sciences in 1992 the pope declared the incident to be based on a tragic mutual miscomprehension he further stated cardinal poupard has also reminded us that the sentence of 1633 was not irreformable and that the debate which had not ceased to evolve thereafter was closed in 1820 with the imprimatur given to the work of canon settele the error of the theologians of the time when they maintained the centrality of the earth was to think that our understanding of the physical world s structure was in some way imposed by the literal sense of sacred scripture let us recall the celebrated saying attributed to baronius spiritui sancto mentem fuisse nos docere quomodo ad coelum eatur non quomodo coelum gradiatur in fact the bible does not concern itself with the details of the physical world the understanding of which is the competence of human experience and reasoning there exist two realms of knowledge one which has its source in revelation and one which reason can discover by its own power to the latter belong especially the experimental sciences and philosophy the distinction between the two realms of knowledge ought not to be understood as opposition 50 gravitation edit johannes kepler analysed tycho brahe s famously accurate observations and afterwards constructed his three laws in 1609 and 1619 based upon a heliocentric model wherein the planets move in elliptical paths using these laws he was the first astronomer to successfully predict a transit of venus for the year 1631 the change from circular orbits to 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