Quote Originally Posted by Rhyfelwyr View Post
The Pope had allowed Galileo to discuss his ideas for years, in fact he even gave his approval (the RCC was never big on literal readings of the Bible anyway as we know), it was only when Galileo deliberately misattributed something the Pope said to somebody else that he ended up on trial for heresy.
G. was sanctioned for his heliocentrist views, not his satirical Dialogo.

He was lucky he wasn't murdered like Giordano Bruno.