“I would say here something that was heard from an ecclesiast…”

“I would say here something that was heard from an ecclesiastic of the most eminent degree [probably Caesar Baronius]: "The intention of the Holy Ghost is to teach us how one goes to heaven, not how heaven goes."”

— Galileo Galilei

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Title: Wikiquote: Galileo Galilei
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Variant translation: I would say here something that was heard from an ecclesiastic of the most eminent degree: "That the intention of the Holy Spirit is to teach us how one goes to heaven, not how the heavens go."

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Galilei, Galileo. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Galileo Galilei. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei

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