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   >>>> Inquisition had made heliocentrism into a formal heresy charge when   
   >>>> Galileo first faced the charge.  The anti geocentrics just claim that   
   >>>> the Inquisition case against Galileo was not adopted by the court when   
   >>>> the Pope got involved.  So both Catholic sides of the issue know that it   
   >>>> was deemed to be a formal heresy.  One side just does not want it to   
   >>>> have been a formal heresy charge when the Pope was involved.  The wiki   
   >>>> also notes that it was deemed to be a formal heresy the first time   
   >>>> Galileo faced the charge.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Ron Okimoto   
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