Feast day of Galileo, who died 1/8/1642. He was condemned as a heretic for defending the Copernican theory "which is false and contrary to the Sacred and Divine Scriptures, that the sun is the center of the world...and that the earth moves and is not the center of the world."
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For many years Galileo's ordeal was a blot on the conscience of the church. In 1992 Pope JPII issued a declaration absolving Galileo of heresy and acknowledging errors in the church's judgment--attributed to a deficient understanding of the nature and authority of scripture.
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The question lingers: How many other solemn declarations will one day be subject to reconsideration? There remains a tendency to claim that the church, as it was once said of the earth, cannot move. But as Galileo said: "Nevertheless, it moves." amzn.to/2FiDLBB
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That account, like the one by Shaheen, is not entirely true. A plague interrupted my income & close relationship with the Pope--also my publisher. After that, my rivals turned against me, via the #inquisition. I "made nice", & so the Pope gave me a pension to retire quietly.
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
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