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Originally Posted by elcreative
Which was??? I think you might mean Galileo...  but if the church did tell Copernicus then I'd be interested in what they said... 
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church" was very busy for about 2 centuries correcting people's thoughts. Light readers of science history miss much of the detail.
"Unlike Galileo and other controversial astronomers, however, Copernicus had a good relationship with the Catholic Church. It may come as a surprise, considering the Church banned Copernicus' "Des revolutionibus" for more than 200 years. Copernicus was actually respected as a canon and regarded as a renowned astronomer. Contrary to popular belief, the Church accepted Copernicus' heliocentric theory before a wave of Protestant opposition led the Church to ban Copernican views in the 17th century."
You might review forsooth's profile.