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Originally Posted by George
The Jesuit scholars were very favorable to Galileo until he later stepped on their toes. Once Scheiner came to Rome, things got worse due to his intense disdain for Galileo and especially the publication of his Dialogue.
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I've found some copies of the Dialogues on the net, and one that says it's complete is missing Day Four, but it explains that's the part about tides. (And, apparently, about this subject) IIRC, Galileo asserted that there would be only one tide per day--which might have fueled some ire. He suffered from the lack of strong Med tides.