Topic > The Importance of Cardinal Galileo Bellarmine - 828

Cardinal Bellarmine's first point is that if the earth is the third planet outside the sun and the sun is the center of the universe, this will irritate philosophers and represent a great danger to the Holy Scripture. Bellarmino says “But wanting to affirm that the sun is really fixed at the center of the sky and only turns on itself (i.e. turns on an axis) without traveling from east to west, and that the earth is located in the third sphere and turns with great speed around the sun, is a very dangerous thing, not only because it irritates all scholastic philosophers and theologians, but also because it wounds our holy faith and makes the Holy Scriptures false" (Cardinal Bellarmino, quoted in Spielvogel 485). The second point that Bellarmine makes is that in the Bible it is said that the sun revolves around the earth, and that the Council of Trent affirms this, and there is no doubt about this. It says that “If Your Reverence would read not only the fathers but also the commentaries of modern writers on Genesis, the Psalms, Ecclesiastes and Joshua, you would find that they all agree in explaining literally that the sun is in the sky and moves rapidly around the planet." earth" (Cardinal Bellarmine, quoted in Spielvogel 485). He is also saying that Galileo is ignoring important knowledge that is well known and disseminated by the Church. The third point Bellarmine makes is why he hasn't been shown how it works