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http://worldofbiography.com/0079%2DGalileo/index1.htm
Galileo's increasingly open Copernicanism began to cause trouble for
him. In 1613, he wrote a letter to his student Benedetto Castelli in
Pisa about the problem of squaring the Copernican theory with certain
biblical passages. Some of the Galileo's enemies sent the copies of
this letter to the Inquisition in Rome. In Rome, many Dominican fathers
lodged complaints against Galileo. Galileo went to Rome for defending
the Copernican cause and his name. In his letter to the Grand Duchess
Christina, he discussed the problem of interpreting Biblical passages
with regard to scientific discoveries. He actually did not interpret
the Bible except for one example.
www.worldofbiography.com

It just shows how entrenched the dogma was. Kepler had already published
Astronomia Nova in 1609. This pretty much settled the matter for any person
of reason. As well as outlining Kepler's first and second laws he uncovered
the fact the Earth's speed in its' apparent orbit around the Sun varied
according to distance from the Sun in exactly the same way as was known to
be the case for the other planets. This was was very strong evidence in
support of Copernicus that the Earth was indeed no different to the other
planets. See:

http://galileoandeinstein.physics.vi.../morekepl.html

In particular the section titled: "Pinning Down the Earth's Orbit by Fixing
Mars"

Klazmon.