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Why did the Church make sure to silence Galileo?

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The reason why the Church made sure to silence Galileo was because his thoughts and observations prove Copernicus' theories about the order of the universe. The Church did warn Galileo as well on not defending Copernicus' theories and this happened around 1616. 
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