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While in Padua, Galileo had written a book concerning the movements of the heavenly bodies. For years Galileo had privately doubted the theory that the earth was fixed and everything in the heavens—the sun, moon, and stars—revolved around it. Galileo favored Copernicus' theory which declared that the earth is a planet which revolves around a fixed sun. He did not declare this in his book, for to do so would be to deliver himself into the torture chambers of the Inquisition. But the Grand Inquisitor, Cardinal Bellarmine, had noted the fact that he had declared himself a follower of Copernicus. Therefore, on March 26, 1616, Galileo was ordered to present himself before the Inquisition.
在帕多瓦時，伽利略寫了一本有關天體運動的書。多年來，對于“地球固定，天上萬物—— 太陽，月亮，星星——都圍著地球轉”的說法，伽利略一直感到懷疑。他贊同哥白尼的理論，認為地球是一顆圍著太陽轉的行星。伽利略并沒有在書中寫明這一點，因為這樣做將會把他自己送入宗教法庭的刑訊室。但是宗教法庭庭長卡迪納爾?貝拉爾米內發現了伽利略曾聲稱贊同哥白尼的事。因此，1616年3月26日，伽利略被召入宗教法庭。
When he arrived at the Holy Office, the Cardinal "advised" him to "abandon his wrong opinions." Under the threat of persecution, he was not to think such thoughts, nor to defend them either orally or in writing.
進入圣殿后，紅衣主教“建議”他“放棄他的那些錯誤的想法”。在迫害的威脅下，他不能再思考他的那些想法，也不能再以口頭或書面形式對那些想法進行辯護。
Galileo was forced to obey. For a while he went quietly on with his experiments, not daring to disclose the results of his work to the world.
伽利略被迫服從了。之后一段時間，他默默地進行實驗，不敢向世人公開他的研究結果。
