Which scientist was prosecuted by the Roman Catholic Church for his discoveries among the options below?

I think whoever worded that question needs some grammar lessons.

The Roman Catholic Church asked forgiveness from Galileo family more than 300 years later...

Maximino, Sure took them long enough, don't you think?

As always, religion has a lot to answer for.

Moonlight , No kidding. it's no surprise that the dictatorship of the Catholic church persecuted this brilliant scientist but that it was never allowed to be made known. I find it amazing that they remain so powerful.

Religion...biggest joke ever

What a bummer for him.

If people did not fight over religion or land the world would be a better place

Where we go again. Christian's have Fd our world up more than any other religious rhetoric group EVER and they keep doing it. No one is learning from their mistakes.

globee, smile

Why, then, was Copernicus not similarly prosecuted by the Catholic Church? The idea of heliocentrism was nothing new. The difference was that Copernicus provided proofs for his theory, whereas Galileo posited a theory as fact without scientific method. The Catholic Church was actually on the side of science in the Galileo affair!

Not only were society was ignorant , they were naive & believed scientists were Witches

globee, yes, commas are still a thing.

samwisegamchi, Actually Galileo and Kepler together formulated the first proof of the heliocentric model, though they technically cheated anyway by ignoring the obviously elliptical nature of orbits, which they couldn't explain until Newton properly defined gravity.

globee, right? I was confused when I first read it.

Kimberley, religions are man's interpretation/ opinions of what the Bible says. The Bible says we are ALL ONE under Him..

as always religion has a lot of answer because of it :)

I knew that because I did the project

globee, The grammar is fine. We don't need the grammar police here too. It's bad enough we get it in YouTube comments all day.

ARE YOU PART OF THEM!?

that question is complete misinformation. first of all, galileo was definitely NOT the first person to propose the heleocentric system and to be shut down. there were MANY others who stated it to be truth first. people like kepler and aristarchus were rejected on the bases of lack of facts supporting there cases. and galileo never proved heleocentricity to be true. there is so much more that could be said in thier defense. so before you comment on something, try looking it up first and inform yourself.

The Catholic Dioceses in Illinois had a lawsuit filed against them because of the Catholic Priests. Still a very powerful Religion.

globee, Elaborate your conclusion.

globee, Relax princess. Did you answer correctly?

Maximino, Really! It's too late!