While in Padua, Galileo had written a book concerning the movements of the heavenly bodies. For years Galileo had privately doubted the theory that the earth was fixed and everything in the heavens—the sun, moon, and stars—revolved around it. Galileo favored Copernicus' theory which declared that the earth is a planet which revolves around a fixed sun. He did not declare this in his book, for to do so would be to deliver himself into the torture chambers of the Inquisition. But the Grand Inquisitor, Cardinal Bellarmine, had noted the fact that he had declared himself a follower of Copernicus. Therefore, on March 26, 1616, Galileo was ordered to present himself before the Inquisition.
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