It is an important maxim, that we ought to be very circumspect in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The accusation of these two crimes may be vastly injurious to liberty.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

Because the Church taught that the Earth was at the center of the universe, Copernicus' theory was regarded as heresy.

Heresy is a threat.

As for the accusations of heresy: here, the evidence is much weaker.

It's heresy.

In 1632, he published a book that stated, among other things, that the heliocentric theory of Copernicus was correct. Galileo was once again called before the Inquisition and this time was found guilty of heresy.

That is heresy!

Instead of being esteemed for these discoveries, he was sentenced to renounce them, or the opinions resulting from them, as a damnable heresy.

As for the accusations of heresy--here, the evidence is much weaker.