Annibale fantoli il caso galileo biography

Fantoli's volume seeks to answer two questions. First, what did the Catholic Church actually effect through the condemnation of Galileo?

Second, how has the Church wrestled with that condemnation to the present day? It is a condensed version of his book Galileo: For Copernicanism and for the Church.

This whole book was written for the sake of the last chapter, in the best way.

Annibale fantoli il caso galileo biography wikipedia

That brilliant final chapter is a survey of the Catholic Church's response to Galileo and Copernicanism from Galileo's death in to the present. Fantoli depicts stalling, foot-dragging, minimization, deflection, victim-blaming, stonewalling, irresponsible reinterpretation, and finally unsatisfying reconciliation.

The rest of the book offers an interpretation of Galileo's condemnation that justifies Fantoli's frustration at the Church's unwillingness to recognize fully their errors in Galileo's condemnation.

One of Fantoli's key arguments is that in , Pope Pa