Johannes Kepler
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He created a formula and mathematically proved his theory.
Because the church at the time believed in holy things. The thought Nicolaus was a heretic. (He was spreading false rumors according to them)Catholic AnswerThe Catholic Church never condemned the theories of Copernicus. As a matter of fact, the Church supported him and urged him to publish his theories, which he did with a dedication to the current Pope. Sixty-three years after his death, the protestants objected to his theories, and subsequently, when Galileo published similar theories, Copernicus (and Galileo's work was edited to say that it was only a theory, as neither man had actually proved their theories, and there were problems with some influential Churchman at the time who thought that the theories contradicted Sacred Scripture.
Copernicus proved that the earth is flat and that we are NOT the center of all the universe. He also proved that planets rotate around the sun. He was also a well respected astronomer.
Sir Isaac Newton
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