I beg you my brothers let us avoid another Galileo affair.
The Galileo affair and the conflict over evolution are prime examples.
Protestant and atheist critics of Catholicism's relationship to science have placed great emphasis on the Galileo affair.
Some authors have characterized Bruno as a "martyr of science," suggesting parallels with the Galileo affair which began around 1610.
The traditional story of the Galileo affair has not been challenged by the Vatican investigative effort.
The Galileo affair, in the early 17th century, was a complex dispute, inflamed by politics and personalities.
The Galileo affair illustrates a further difficulty for the apologetic use of history.
The papal commission, which has long been examining the Galileo affair, has no brief to decide on the correctness of heliocentrism.
His role in the Galileo affair is being reassessed in the light of fresh documentary evidence.
Historians of the Galileo affair have offered different accounts of why the matter was referred to the qualifiers at this time.