Note 263 — Chapter XIII · THE RISE OF MODERN FREETHOUGHT—(Continued)
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The measure of reverence with which the orthodox handled the matter may be inferred from the fact that the Dominican Caccini, who preached against Galileo in Florence, took as one of his texts the verse in Acts i: “Viri Galilaei, quid statis aspicientes in cœlum,” making a pun on the Scripture. ↑