#706 - The Galileo Affair (with Christopher Check)

The Counsel of Trent

Catholic Answers

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 25 January 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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In this episode Catholic Answers President Christopher Check joins Trent to discuss the real story behind the "Galileo affair".

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast, a production of Catholic Answers.
0:07.0	Hey everyone, welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast.
0:12.0	I'm your host, Catholic Answers Apologist and Speaker, Trent Horn.
0:15.0	And a few people in the comments under my recent episode on anti-Catholic Historical Myths
0:21.0	suggested that I talk about the case of Galileo here on the podcast.
0:26.0	So I thought it'd be helpful to bring in someone who's actually recorded an entire course on the Galileo affair for the Catholic Answers School of Polygedics.
0:36.0	He has a wonderful knowledge of church history, European culture, always a fun guy to talk to.
0:42.0	And I'm not just saying that because he's science but hey, Chex.
0:45.0	This is Mr. Christopher Chex, as my guest, he is the president of Catholic Answers.
0:49.0	Welcome back to the Council of Trend.
0:51.0	Trent, thanks for having me on the greatest podcast in the history of podcasts.
0:56.0	Well, that is encouraging to, encouraging to hear.
1:00.0	Although I know I still have some catch up to play with Catholic Answers live,
1:03.0	but they were going at it a lot longer than I have been.
1:06.0	It's true. We were looking at those numbers yesterday and you are lagging a little bit.
1:09.0	But, but I'm grateful for my opportunity.
1:12.0	This is my, I might be famous after this, after being on your podcast.
1:16.0	You're, you're, you're famous now.
1:18.0	Sir, you are one of the professors of the Catholic Answers School of Apologetics.
1:22.0	You have a great course in Galileo. So I thought we could hit some of the high points here in today's episode.
1:28.0	I want to start by asking you, why do you think the incident involving Galileo,
1:34.0	it's happened centuries ago, is so longstanding.
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