Identities and Transformation: Reflections Series Internationals next concert, May 15th (bit.ly/IdentitiesTransformations). Come listen to Galileos musical inner voice, composed by the incomparable Bruce Saylor, as he publicly renounces his scientific teachings. From the Vatican archives: I, Galileo Galilei, kneeling before You, the most Eminent and Reverend Lord Cardinals, Inquisitors-General throughout the Christian Republic... have been judged “vehemently suspected of heresy” - that is, of having held and believed that the Sun is the centre of the universe and immoveable, and that the Earth is not the centre of the same, and that it does move. I abjure with sincere heart and unfeigned faith, I curse and detest the said errors and heresies... and I swear that for the future I will neither say nor assert in speaking or writing such things as may bring upon me similar suspicion... Pictures: Galileos signature on the formal self-renouncement in 1633, his illustration proving heliocentrism (both from the Vatican archives) and a portrait.
Posted on: Sun, 11 May 2014 00:27:19 +0000