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While in Padua, Galileo had written a book concerning the movements of the heavenly bodies. For years Galileo had privately doubted the theory that the earth was fixed and everything in the heavens—the sun, moon, and stars—revolved around it. Galileo favored Copernicus' theory which declared that the earth is a planet which revolves around a fixed sun. He did not declare this in his book, for to do so would be to deliver himself into the torture chambers of the Inquisition. But the Grand Inquisitor, Cardinal Bellarmine, had noted the fact that he had declared himself a follower of Copernicus. Therefore, on March 26, 1616, Galileo was ordered to present himself before the Inquisition.
在帕多瓦时，伽利略写了一本有关天体运动的书。多年来，对于“地球固定，天上万物—— 太阳，月亮，星星——都围着地球转”的说法，伽利略一直感到怀疑。他赞同哥白尼的理论，认为地球是一颗围着太阳转的行星。伽利略并没有在书中写明这一点，因为这样做将会把他自己送入宗教法庭的刑讯室。但是宗教法庭庭长卡迪纳尔?贝拉尔米内发现了伽利略曾声称赞同哥白尼的事。因此，1616年3月26日，伽利略被召入宗教法庭。
When he arrived at the Holy Office, the Cardinal "advised" him to "abandon his wrong opinions." Under the threat of persecution, he was not to think such thoughts, nor to defend them either orally or in writing.
进入圣殿后，红衣主教“建议”他“放弃他的那些错误的想法”。在迫害的威胁下，他不能再思考他的那些想法，也不能再以口头或书面形式对那些想法进行辩护。
Galileo was forced to obey. For a while he went quietly on with his experiments, not daring to disclose the results of his work to the world.
伽利略被迫服从了。之后一段时间，他默默地进行实验，不敢向世人公开他的研究结果。
