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Why did catholic church leaders oppose galileo's heliocentric (sun-centered) model of the universe?

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because it went against the notion that the earth was the center of the universe
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Answer: The Church dogma represented the geocentric system.

Explanation: The Church as the dominant institution during the Middle Ages advocated the theory that God created the earth as the center of the universe and left to man to rule it by the divine rules. According to this theory, the earth was the center of the geocentric system around which the other planets and sun were rotated. It was the Church dogma, and every controversy was considered heresy. The Galileo's heliocentric system was based on natural law and as such it was declared a heresy.

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