What Was the Primary Reason Behind the Persecution of the Italian

question 8

Multiple Choice

What was the primary reason behind the persecution of the Italian physicist Galileo Galilei?

• A) Galileo had propagated the evolutionary theory that contradicted the teachings of the Church.
• B) Galileo had propagated the theory that the earth rotates around the sun that contradicted the Church's view of the heavens as unchanging.
• C) Galileo had propagated the theory that man has originated from apes,which rejected the Churches' idea that God created man.
• D) Galileo had supported and encouraged the concept of homosexuality that was labeled as a sin by the Church.
• E) Galileo was a pagan and preached the idea that the sun was the most powerful force in the universe and everything else revolved around the sun.

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