tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433841880619171855.post4873598737083255675..comments2024-03-27T21:09:44.320+00:00Comments on Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - March 5Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433841880619171855.post-65360999892315737942013-03-07T13:53:13.757+00:002013-03-07T13:53:13.757+00:00Copernican theory was declared "false and err...Copernican theory was declared "false and erroneous" by the 11 theologians, appointed by the Pope to examine it, on 24 February 1616.<br /><br />Bellarmine, who was not one of these 11, was ordered by the Pope to convey this decision to Galileo, which he did verbally on 26 February 1616.<br /><br />The Decree of the Index was issued on 5 March 1616 in which "…the books by Nicolaus Copernicus and Diego Zúñiga be suspended until corrected…" This decree was signed by the Most Illustrious and Reverend Lord Cardinal of St. Cecilia, Bishop of Albano P. (Paolo Sfondrati) and Fra Francisco Magdelenus Capiferreus, O.P., Secretary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com