1. Art Censorship
Artist such as Michelangelo, scientist like Nicholas Copernicus and Galileo Galilei, and even authors like Gutenberg were deemed by the Church sacrilegious. ... Nicholas Copernicus and Galileo Galilei were two scientists who printed books that the churches later banned. ... Unfortunately, Galileo was tried by the Inquisition after his book was published. ... As the contents of the Bible were taken literally, the publishing of these books demonstrated, to the Church, that Copernicus and Galileo were sinners; they preached, through writing, that the Bible was mistaken (Leveillee). ...
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