From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 19 Jan 2026 03:50:01 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D´Oliveiro   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Sun, 18 Jan 2026 16:57:22 -0500, Cryptoengineer wrote:   
   >   
   >> It got to the point that he'd claim official Church documents   
   >> describing the trial were forgeries.   
   >   
   >There was a document used as evidence against Galileo in the trial   
   >that Jacob Bronowski described as a forgery, or, at best, a   
   >preliminary draft that was never signed.   
   >   
   >I say “trial”. The document was mentioned to Galileo as though it were   
   >legitimate, but never actually produced (nor did it have to be, to   
   >convict him). It’s still locked away in the Vatican archives (or was,   
   >half a century ago when Bronowski got a look at it).   
      
   Have you considered the possibility that it was never produced because   
   it was not signed and/or because those responsible had doubts about   
   it's authenticity?   
   --    
   "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,   
   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
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