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Starting in 1593, Bruno was tried for [[heresy]] by the Roman [[Inquisition]] on charges of denial of several core Catholic doctrines, including eternal damnation, the Trinity, the divinity of [[Christ]], the virginity of Mary, and transubstantiation. Bruno's pantheism was not taken lightly by the church, nor was his teaching of the transmigration of the soul (reincarnation). | Starting in 1593, Bruno was tried for [[heresy]] by the Roman [[Inquisition]] on charges of denial of several core Catholic doctrines, including eternal damnation, the Trinity, the divinity of [[Christ]], the virginity of Mary, and transubstantiation. Bruno's pantheism was not taken lightly by the church, nor was his teaching of the transmigration of the soul (reincarnation). | ||
The Inquisition found him guilty, and he was [[ | The Inquisition found him guilty, and he was [[death by burning|burned at the stake]] in Rome's Campo de' Fiori in 1600. After his death, he gained considerable fame, being particularly celebrated by 19th- and early 20th-century commentators who regarded him as a martyr for science, although most historians agree that his heresy trial was not a response to his cosmological views but rather a response to his religious and afterlife views. However some historians do contend that the main reason for Bruno's death was indeed his cosmological views. | ||
Bruno's case is still considered a landmark in the history of free thought and the emerging sciences. | Bruno's case is still considered a landmark in the history of free thought and the emerging sciences. | ||