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Why did the church seek to silence galileo?

a. galileo's observations changed the way we measure space and threatened church territorial holdings. 
b. galileo's observations could prove copernicus's theories about the order of the universe. 
c. galileo's observations threatened the control the church had over moral authority. 
d. galileo's observations threatened the church's role in proselytizing in the new world.?

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c. galileo's observations threatened the control the church had over moral authority.

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