Chapter 969 “Touchstone”

No, our science will never be an illusion. If science were an illusion, then we would think that what science cannot give us can be obtained elsewhere.

——Sigmund Freud

In 1630, Galileo was summoned by the church to Rome for trial.

As a celebrity, he was not imprisoned in prison like Bruno, but was placed in the Medici Villa near Piazza di Spagna.

The then Pope Urban VIII was from Florence, and in 1540 Cardinal Terpusiano bought the land to build a manor.

At first, the manor was not as luxurious as it was later. Thirty years later, the manor was owned by Ferdinand Medici, who brought a large number of craftsmen and artists from Florence to renovate the manor.

It is a beautiful house, located on a hill. Looking southwest from the terrace of the manor, you can see St. Peter's Basilica.

St. Peter's Basilica has been under renovation since 1450, concentrating the wisdom of Renaissance masters. Thousands of skilled craftsmen spent more than a century before it was completed in 1626.

In other words, the old Galileo could see the brand-new St. Peter's Basilica from the Medici Villa.

Although the pope was Urban VIII, the man in power was French Cardinal Richelieu. At that time, the Thirty Years' War was at a decisive stage, but Urban VIII hoped to extinguish the Protestant forces everywhere, but was also afraid of the Habsburg dynasty.

Controlled Italy, so he did not support the Habsburgs and instead allied with his political enemy Cardinal Richelieu.

Richelieu regarded the Protestant Huguenots as a thorn in his side. While eradicating the Huguenots, Richelieu was also engaged in the struggle to eradicate the rebellious nobles in the country. In 1626, he uncovered the rebellion plot of Gaston, Duke of Orleans, brother of the French king.

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In 1630, the Queen Mother Marie Medici opposed Richelieu and was exiled to Camby. The following year, the Queen Mother fled to the Netherlands. Her son Gaston, Duke of Orleans, returned from Lorraine with his army and called for the overthrow of Richelieu.

When Galileo came to Rome in 1630, the two people in power had no time to pay attention to him. The person responsible for presiding over Galileo's trial was another cardinal. At that time, the cardinals were divided into two factions, one advocated protecting Galileo, and the other advocated

Urban VIII, who severely punished Galileo, was an old friend of Galileo. In other words, Galileo once published a new book called "The Assayer" as "dedicated to Urban VIII, the great leader of our church."

The people who severely punished the Galileans had a letter of guarantee signed by Galileo. The date on the note was 1616. Galileo promised not to discuss Copernicus in the book.

However, Copernicus appeared in his new book "Dialogue". Incofer, one of the judges, threw the book on the table angrily, making a loud "bang" sound. After a moment of silence, because

Kofer asked loudly: "Who gave you permission to publish this book?"

Galileo argued that he had submitted the book to the papal judge three years ago (1630) and had it read by the court judge.

But he did not realize that this was a trap. A censor asked him if he had told the chief judge about the 1616 review. Galileo said that he did not discuss this issue with the chief judge because he thought there was no need to talk about it.

Galileo did not discuss Copernicus in his book, but only quoted Copernicus' logic.

As for the key evidence, Galileo's letter of guarantee actually did not have his signature, it was just a meeting record. But Galileo, who was old and had been imprisoned for three years and had been thinking wildly for three years, no longer had the energy to defend himself. At this time, a group of bishops from Galileo Galilei

He quarreled with his aggressive opponents, but Galileo remained silent because no matter how much they quarreled, he could not escape severe punishment.

The balcony of the hotel where American Archbishop Harvey lived could see the Medici Manor. When Joseph stood on the balcony and looked at the villa surrounded by trees and visually blended with nature, he couldn't help but think of the secret.

Records of Inquisition trials published in the archives.

"You look familiar. Where have I seen you?"

Harvey said behind Joseph.

"Even high school students will ignore this kind of conversation, Bishop." Joseph said with a smile, then turned around and took the champagne handed over by Harvey.

"Oh, I remembered, it was at the inauguration ceremony of the high school named after the Pope." Harvey said suddenly.

"There was also the President's inauguration ceremony. There were only a few of us dressed like this at the cocktail party." Joseph added, "You were busy chatting with the First Lady at the time."

"You attended the presidential inauguration?"

"Strange?"

"No." The bishop smiled strangely, "It's normal for you to be there."

"We are all embellishments." Joseph touched Harvey's wine glass with his wine glass, and they made a clear and sweet sound, "Cheers."

"About the topic of 'pillows' that you just mentioned to His Holiness..."

"That's just an allusion. It was mentioned in Dante's Divine Comedy that the Marquis of Ferrara was smothered to death by his son Azzo with a feather pillow. Michelangelo also borrowed it from Dante when he painted the Last Judgment. I think in that

This is the perfect time to quote this." Joseph pointed to the decorative painting on the wall and said, "That painting is Rembrandt's The Return of the Prodigal Son?"

"Maybe, it's from the hotel."

"Do you think your younger son has truly repented?" Joseph asked.

"I can't see his face."

"Even if you see it, you may be faking it. For some people, having faith means 'intellectual decline', which they absolutely cannot stand."

"Let's talk while eating." Harvey said with a smile, "Who will be full when dining with the boss?"

The two of them came to the restaurant together. There was only a small round table with four chairs beside the table. The wallpaper on the wall was dark blue silk. There was a lot of food on the table, including roasted tomato and basil soup, Roman-style fried chicken,

The pesto bread and cheese-baked lobster will make you feel hungry just by looking at them.

"If I remember correctly, what you said to the Holy Father today, 'The development of science and technology is for arbitrariness' seems to have been said by Jung?"

"You remember correctly, Bishop, I was quoting Jung." Joseph said while cutting the lobster, "He was not just talking about scientific issues. In the early 20th century, there was a popular book "XZ Book of the Dead" in English-speaking countries.

, Jung also read it, do you want to hear his insights?"

"Please tell me."

"He said that 'Orientals believe that their souls are the radiance of divine light, and that God is their souls,' and he believed that the church would not hesitate to refute this blasphemous statement and found it extremely dangerous.

Do you think he is right?"

"How dare you say that."

"I am an Italian American. The United States believes in freedom of speech. Besides, these words are not mine. The characteristic of Eastern religious literature is that it starts from the most subtle and culminating place. This is different from what we teach from the easy-to-understand place.

different."

"Do you think what he said is right?"

"This is the question I asked you just now. Do you think Jung and Lama XZ were right?"

Harvey thought for a moment and began to eat quietly.

"How does Corrado Baducci want to deal with me?" Joseph changed the subject.

"He thinks you are a liar, trying to take advantage of the Pope's illness and confusion."

"I know, what I'm asking is what is he going to do to me?" Joseph said while chewing the lobster.

"It doesn't matter anymore." Harvey said, "You won."

"Do you think we will become Florentines?" Joseph said in an arrogant and arrogant tone.

"You know what he thinks."

"What do you think?"

"That's impossible." Harvey sighed. "He originally planned to retire. He might regret it if you do this."

"Is not it good?"

"He brought us together to discuss his retirement and we are already electing a new pope."

"So what if he's chosen? Just suffocate him with a pillow like Count Azzo?"

"You should know what it means to speak openly."

"As I said before, Protestants have no repentance and no forgiveness. They are left to face God alone, and without religious rituals, they cannot obtain divine will. All of this makes them gradually move away from God, so the Protestants

They gradually feel nervous and anxious, and these will sharpen their conscience, especially the guilty conscience. They do not think about the world after death. This is something that science cannot explain to them, so they go to any place that can explain it to them to find answers.

, even Eastern paganism, is this what you want to see, Bishop?"

"You're giving me a hard time, Father."

"Europe gave birth to two evil dragons, one named curiosity and the other named possessiveness. These two dragons came to America with the ship and became more and more difficult to deal with. Dante once said that the Florentines were ungrateful.

We set up Thanksgiving, but I think for most Americans, Thanksgiving is just a holiday to eat turkey and watch the president pardon turkeys. The Holy Communion is just "turkey", so it's not easy to use it to exorcise demons.

Success." Joseph put down his knife and fork and looked at Harvey. "Speaking of the Eucharist, have you been to Orvieto, Bishop?"

Jung studied Eastern philosophy for a while. Later, he dreamed of the Holy Grail and turned to study Western philosophy.

In the fifth chapter of the Purgatory of the Divine Comedy, there are words condemning Count Azzo. The murder occurred in 1293, and Dante published the Divine Comedy in 1321. Count Azzo and the child may be alive.
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