Between the 14th and 16th centuries, European scientists and philosophers began to understand the universe in a way that conflicted with the teachings of the Catholic Church. One man who took a fresh look at the heavens was Galileo Galilei.
BEFORE Galileo’s time, many people believed that the sun, the planets, and the stars all revolved around the earth. That belief was part of the official dogma of the Catholic Church.

With his telescope, however, Galileo saw evidence that contradicted widely accepted scientific teachings. For example, as he watched sunspots appear to shift across the surface of the sun, he discerned that the sun rotates on an axis. Observations like this greatly increased man’s knowledge of the universe, yet they would also result in Galileo’s coming into direct conflict with the Catholic Church.

SCIENCE AND RELIGION

Galileo publicizing his discoveries
Decades earlier, the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus developed a theory that the earth moves around the sun. Galileo studied Copernicus’ work on the movements of celestial bodies and collected evidence in harmony with the theory. Initially, Galileo hesitated to publicize some of his observations, fearing that they would be met with ridicule and scorn. Unable to restrain his enthusiasm for what he saw through his telescope, he eventually went public with his discoveries. Some scientists found his arguments to be provocative, and soon clergymen were discrediting Galileo from their pulpits.

In 1616, Cardinal Bellarmine, “a leading theologian of the period,” informed Galileo of a newly issued Catholic decree against Copernicus’ ideas. He strongly urged Galileo to comply with that decree, and for years thereafter Galileo did not argue publicly that the earth moves around the sun.

In 1623, Pope Urban VIII, Galileo’s friend, began to reign. So in 1624, Galileo asked the pope to revoke the 1616 decree. Instead, Urban urged Galileo to explain the conflicting theories of Copernicus and Aristotle in a way that favored neither.

Galileo then wrote a book entitled Dialogue on the Great World Systems. Although the pope had ordered Galileo to be neutral, the book came across as favoring Copernicus’ conclusions. Soon Galileo’s enemies were claiming that his book ridiculed the pope. Accused of heresy and threatened with torture, Galileo was forced to deny the teachings of Copernicus. In 1633, the Roman Inquisition sentenced him to perpetual house arrest and banned his writings. Galileo died at home in Arcetri, near Florence, on January 8, 1642.

Pope John Paul II acknowledged that the Catholic Church had wrongly condemned Galileo
For hundreds of years, some of Galileo’s works remained on the index of books that Catholics were not permitted to read. But in 1979, the church reconsidered the action taken by the Roman Inquisition 300 years earlier. Finally, in 1992, Pope John Paul II acknowledged that the Catholic Church had wrongly condemned Galileo.

QUICK FACTS
Galileo Galilei was born in 1564 in Pisa, Italy, the city famous for its leaning tower. He taught at the University of Padua and later lived and worked in Florence.
Although Galileo did not invent the telescope, he greatly improved its magnification and thus its usefulness.
Because of his views on the universe, Galileo was twice called before the Inquisition—the Catholic tribunal responsible for the punishment of those who deviated from church doctrine.
Did the Inquisition Torture Galileo?
Some historians have suggested that the Roman Inquisition may have physically tortured Galileo. The sentence issued against him states that in order to establish Galileo’s real intentions, it was necessary to proceed against him by “rigorous examination.” In inquisitorial jargon this phrase often meant “torture,” possibly meaning at least “the verbal threat of physical torture.”
Specialists point out that there were stages and degrees of torture. It could include anything from merely showing the victim the instruments of torment to stripping or binding him or even inflicting physical pain with increasing severity. The nature of Galileo’s “rigorous examination” remains a mystery.

He wasn't tortured, that's a myth invented by anti-catholic protestants, later used by atheists to propagate their myth that religion (christianity in particular) has been constant conflict with science. This is a lie among many used by atheists to paint their narrative of the history of science and religion.

rekinomtla:
He wasn't tortured, that's a myth invented by anti-catholic protestants, later used by atheists to propagate their myth that religion (christianity in particular) has been constant conflict with science.[ This is a lie among many used by atheists to paint their narrative of the history of science and religion.

Do you mind providing links to your claims? How did you get to that conclusion @highlighted

rekinomtla:


https://jamescungureanu./2013/04/30/myths-about-science-and-religion-that-galileo-was-tortured-and-imprisoned-for-advocating-copernicanism/

Very well.
From what I read on the link you provided, It's a fact that he faced some form of "percecution".The writer is only debating the circumstances that lead it.

Optimist1998:
Very well.
From what I read on the link you provided, It's a fact that he faced some form of "percecution".The writer is only debating the circumstances that lead it.

He's refuting common misrepresentations and lies inserted into the Galileo affair to make it appear as if the Catholic Church was anti science and that Galileo was some kind of heroic martyr for science.