The Pontifical Academy of Sciences' own published record of Pope John Paul II's address closing the commission he had asked, in 1979, to re-examine the Galileo case. Delivered 31 October 1992, it names the theologians' error as a failure to distinguish Sacred Scripture from its interpretation, and calls the case a sad misunderstanding that now belongs to the past.
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The Vatican's own official record of the Pope's address, hosted by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences itself; a primary institutional document, the same tier already used for the Holy See's Dum Diversas repudiation (source 16812). NotesCited for the exact modern boundary, 31 October 1992, marking both when the Church's current position took effect and the close of the period before it.
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AuthorPope John Paul II
PublisherPontifical Academy of Sciences
Publication Year1992
URLhttps://www.pas.va/en/magisterium/saint-john-paul-ii/1992-31-october.html
Source TypeInstitutional
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