Multiple Choice
Galileo Galilei was brought to trial by the Inquisition because he:
A) failed to prove Copernican ideas to Cardinal Baronius.
B) promoted Copernican ideas and had insulted his old patron,Cardinal Barberini,who was now Pope Urban VIII.
C) refused to accept the truth of Christianity;he remained an avowed Muslim.
D) made too good an impression on his Medici patrons.
E) refused to publish the results of his observations refuting Copernicus.
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