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been and is being held by our Holy Mother Church." The Council, of course, was clearly reacting to the
onslaught of the Lutheran Reformation. The medieval synthesis had been assaulted on several fronts but in
one last ditch effort, Rome built its last defense Galileo was the fall guy!
In 1623, Galileo's friend and admirer Maffeo Barberini was elected Pope Urban VIII (15681644). An
intelligent but vain man, Barberini had much in common with Galileo both men considered themselves
above the common man. Galileo enjoyed six audiences with Baberini and was rewarded with lavish gifts from
him. Galileo reasoned that the time was now right to publish a new defense of Copernican theory. His
confidence at an all time high, he spent four years composing the new Copernican manifesto. His Dialogue
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