Did the Church Actually Hate Copernicus? | Adam Ruins Everything

Animated Adam unravels the truth behind Nicolaus Copernicus' "troubled" relationship with the Catholic Church. Watch full episodes of Adam Ruins Everything Presents: ReAnimated History on truTV!

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[krombopulos_michael]

This really misrepresents Galileo pretty much as badly as it thinks everyone else misrepresents Copernucus. The Church's dislike of Galileo had much more to do with him openly insulting them than it had to do with science. And even then, his punishment was just house arrest, not torture or execution or anything people associate with blasphemy.

[bialymisiek]

Y'know, i'm Polish and this is the first time i ever heard that Copernicus was "hated by church", I didn't know people actually believed that.

[Bansheexero]

Actually, Galileo was supported by the church too until he wrote a book where it had a character based on the pope which made fun of him during a time of political tension within the church, so he reacted to that.

[angryyogbuscus]

Of course, it is also important to remember that Galileo was on good terms with the pope, even after he began publishing his astronomical papers. To paraphase a quote from the pope, "The bible teaches how to go to heaven, not how the heavens go."

[papal]

I thought Copernicus published his book on his deathbed? That's what I was taught in class

[electricmaster]

Most people think this about Galileo, not Copernicus.

[astrophonix]

Two points missed, Copernicus delayed publishing the book until he was on his death-bed, and he said he wasn't saying the sun was literally the centre, just that this approach made calculating orbits much easier.

[veridian]

But the real question is
*Did Trapp hate Pat?*

[johnnygyro]

Priest: Your Holiness! Capernicus' new book says that Earth actually revolves around the sun!

Pope: Who cares?! I'm trying to figure out the miracle of how Jesus turned water into wine!

Me: This guy's asking the real questions here...

[danielmalinen]

Actually five bishops blessed Copernicus' thesis before they banned it and established own monastery to study Copernicus' observations. And while Galileo was investigating this, he just said that Copu was right in all time. As a result, Galileo was promoted to head of the Papal Academy of Sciences. Unfortunately, times were not favorable for Galileo. (source: The Story of God, With Morgan Freeman by National Geographic)

[oscardufosse]

Godda love Adam's "ACTUALLY"...

[Kris-lurs]

That is almost criminally oversimplified

[gunterheisler]

Why do I think that the narrator is a box trying to sell me insurance or a sad middle aged man with a scientist father in law making a pitch about apples

[danicocktail]

Very interesting! I'm from Poland and I knew that initially Catholic Church was not opposed to the scientific discoveries of the renaissance, but in fact contributed and supported these discoveries in many ways. What I didn't know is that the Protestant Reformers were initially so anti-science (though I appreciate their contribution to enlightenment and capitalism later on!)

[butterball]

"One sin more heinous than burning books, is not reading them." - Ray Bradbury

[iainhansen]

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Renee...
Renaisance
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[kgtsu]

'Who cares? I'm trying to figure out the miracle of how Jesus turned water into wine'

me when i overthink

[DenderFriend]

They're really exaggerating how misinformed we are about him

[EPrimeify]

TruTV: Adam, we need to get on Season 3

Adam: I'm fucking tired and burnt out. I just wanna stream on Twitch all the time.

TruTV: Well you've got a contract for another 2 years. So you can't say no.

*Adam sighs*
Adam: Fine. I'm too lazy to put on pants right so, so let's just do an animated season.

[gerardomunoz]

"Actually" the real problem the church had with Galileo is that they hired him to write an objective review on 2 opposing scientific theories but instead Galileo wrote a completely biased paper that included an insult to the pope. Also Galileo had no real evidence to back up his theories which even his scientific peers at the time called him out on the bogus evidence he presented.