Facts Which At First Seem

I Wish, My Dear Kepler, That We Could Have A Good Laugh Together At The Extraordinary Stupidity Of The Mob. What Do You Think Of The Foremost Philosophers Of This University? In Spite Of My Oft-repeated Efforts And Invitations, They Have Refused, With The Obstinacy Of A Glutted Adder, To Look At The Planets Or The Moon Or My Glass [telescope].

But Some, Besides Allegiance To Their Original Error, Possess I Know Not What Fanciful Interest In Remaining Hostile Not So Much Toward The Things In Question As Toward Their Discoverer.

[copernicus] Did Not Ignore The Bible, But He Knew Very Well That If His Doctrine Were Proved, Then It Could Not Contradict The Scriptures When They Were Rightly Understood.

I Would Beg The Wise And Learned Fathers (of The Church) To Consider With All Diligence The Difference Which Exists Between Matters Of Mere Opinion And Matters Of Demonstration. ... [i]t Is Not In The Power Of Professors Of The Demonstrative Sciences To Alter Their Opinions At Will, So As To Be Now Of One Way Of Thinking And Now Of Another. ... [d]emonstrated Conclusions About Things In Nature Of The Heavens, Do Not Admit Of Being Altered With The Same Ease As Opinions To What Is Permissible Or Not, Under A Contract, Mortgage, Or Bill Of Exchange.

Holy Scripture Could Never Lie Or Err...its Decrees Are Of Absolute And Inviolable Truth.