GALILEO GALILÉE (1564-1642) SCIENTIFIQUE ITALIEN
(SE DÉFENDANT DES ACCUSATIONS SELON LESQUELLES SES THÉORIES ASTRONOMIQUES SEMBLAIENT ÊTRE EN CONFLIT AVEC LA BIBLE)
I would say here something that was heard from an ecclesiastic of the most eminent degree: “That the intention of the Holy Ghost is to teach us how one goes to heaven, not how the heavens go.”
GALILEO GALILEI (1564–1642) ITALIAN SCIENTIST
(DEFENDING CHARGES THAT HIS ASTRONOMICAL THEORIES SEEMED TO CONFLICT WITH THE BIBLE)