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Why did the Church see the heliocentric view of the solar system as a challenge to its authority?

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    According to the Bible, the Earth was the center of the universe and this was a long held belief until astronomers like Galileo and Copernicus discovered that it is the sun that is the center of the universe. This was a challenged to the Church’s teaching which they would forbid.
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