... worshipers because many people could not read or write. Those who were born into royalty or belonged or to a religious order as a monk or nun were exceptions. Famous saints became symbols and were widely popular for Christians to worship and to emulate. Saint Francis of Assisi who lived a very simple life and loved everyone is one. The Franciscan order today still ... did not sit still while the planets moved around it. Instead, earth and other planets moved in orbits around the sun. With Galileo's new discovery of the telescope, he fully agreed with Copernicus theory....

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