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You should read a bit more beyond Wikipedia. It’s a far, far more complicated and interesting story than you’re portraying it to be.

The Catholic Church actually initially funded Copernicus and was interested in his findings, but this was the reformation and counter-reformation, so that context is extremely important as to why their stance changed.

What they did to Giordano Bruno, on the other hand, is a massive stain on the church.

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