Galileo was brought to trial by Inquisition twice, first time 1616 and 1633. In 1616 Galileo was summoned to Rome by the inquisition to determine if his views supporting Copernican theory that all planets including earth revolve around the sun were opposed to Church's teachings. In this trial he was cleared of the charges of heresy but was instructed to not "to hold or defend" Copernican theory.
Later, in a book published in 1632 Galileo again supported the superiority of Copernican theory over the orthodox Ptolemaic-Aristotelian theory. Once again Galileo was summoned to Rome to defend the charges of wilfully the order to not to hold or defend Copernican theory. In 1933 the inquisition declared him guilty of the charges, forced him to recant his statements, and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
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