Both Aristotle and the Catholic Church approved of this truth, and at the time, it was extremely blasphemous to question either voice. ... However, even after Galileo had apologized for the contents of his "heretical" book, the Catholic Church still kept extremely close tabs on him, and proceeded to do so until the day of his death. ... Before leaving to face the Holy Office of the Inquisition in Rome, Galileo wrote a letter to a friend of his in which he stated, "I hear from well-informed parties that the Jesuit Fathers have insinuated in the highest quarters that my book is more execrable an...

• Word Count: 1974
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Aristotle's Prime Mover appears radically different from the God of most Christians. ... The Cosmological argument is not just a Christian argument, Plato and Aristotle postulated the need for a craftsman and a cause of all things. ... William Lane Craig developed a modern version of the argument in his book, The Kalam Cosmoligical Argument (1979). ...

• Word Count: 2203
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate