Galileo, Bellarmine, and the Bible

by Blackwell, Richard J.

• ISBN13: 9780268010270
• ISBN10: 0268010277
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-09-01
• Publisher: Univ of Notre Dame Pr

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction	1	(4)
Trent and Beyond	5	(24)
The Fourth Session of the Council of Trent
The Theological Repercussions of the Fourth Session
Copernicanism and Sixteenth-Century Astronomy
Bellarmine's Views Before the Galileo Affair	29	(24)
The Truth and Meaning of the Scriptures
Bellarmine's Biblical Cosmology
Bellarmine's Role in the Bruno Trial
The Resolution of the Controversy over Grace and Free Will
Galileo's Detour into Biblical Exegesis	53	(34)
Blocking the Path of Inquiry
Galileo's Initial Response
The Shadow of Heresy
Galileo's Final Response
Foscarini's Bombshell	87	(24)
Science and Scripture in the Lettera
Mate, Checkmate, and Tobias's Dog
The Bible at Galileo's Trial	111	(24)
The Origin of the Charges against Copernicanism
The Verdict and the Decree
The Order to Obey
The Bible in the Courtoom
The Jesuit Dilemma: Truth or Obedience	135	(30)
Solid and Uniform Doctrine
The Jesuit Tradition on Obedience
Biancani's Battle with the Jesuit Censors
The Onset of Intellectual Rigor Mortis
Reflections on Truth in Science and in Religion	165	(16)
Science and the Bible
Religious Faith and the Logic of Authority
Appendix I: Decrees of the Council of Trent, Session IV (8 April 1546)	181	(4)
Appendix II: Diego de Zuniga, Commentary on Job 9:6 (1584)	185	(2)
Appendix III: Bellarmine, De controversiis de verbo Dei I, I, 3, 3 (1586)	187	(8)
Appendix IV: Galileo's Letter to Castelli (21 December 1613)	195	(8)
Appendix V: The Galileo-Dini Correspondence	203	(14)
A. Galileo to Dini (16 February 1615)
B. Dini to Galileo (7 March 1615)
C. Galileo to Dini (23 March 1615)
Appendix VI: Foscarini's Letter (6 January 1615)	217	(36)
Appendix VII: The Censor's Report and Foscarini's Reply	253	(12)
A. An Unidentified Theologian's Censure of Foscarini's Letter (1615)
B. Foscarini's Defense of the Letter (1615)
Appendix VIII: Bellarmine's Letter to Foscarini (12 April 1615)	265	(4)
Appendix IX: Galileo's Unpublished Notes (1615)	269	(8)
A. On Bellarmine's Letter to Foscarini
B. On the Relations of Science and Scripture
Bibliography	277	(10)
Index	287