Galileo, Science and the Church, by Jerome J. Langford, are about the trials and tribulations of Galileo with the Roman Catholic Church in the 1600’s. The church did not agree with Galileo’s ideas; mainly theories associated with Copernican astronomy. The primary intention of Langford is to bring the truth of Galileo’s trials to his readers, and to show that ultimately Galileo was correct in his theories and was not trying to go against …showed first 75 words of 520 total…

…showed last 75 words of 520 total…of the earth is not a matter of faith. This alone demonstrates that Galileo did not commit heresy. My opinion is that the church should have allowed Galileo to voice his opinion of the Copernican theory because he was trying to seek the truth in science, to better educate the world, not trying to go directly against the church. Therefore, Langford has succeeded in his belief that Galileo was unfairly convicted of heresy. Bibliography none