ThefirsteffectofMonsignorMarini’sbookseemedusefulincoveringtheretreatoftheChurchapologists。Aidedbyhim，suchvigorouswritersasWardwereabletothrowuptemporaryintrenchmentsbetweentheRomanauthoritiesandtheindignationoftheworld。

　　ButsometimelatercameaninvestigatorverydifferentfromMonsignorMarini。ThiswasaFrenchman，M。L’Epinois。LikeMarini，L’EpinoiswasdevotedtotheChurch；but，unlikeMarini，hecouldnotlie。Havingobtainedaccessin1867totheGalileodocumentsattheVatican，hepublishedseveralofthemostimportant，withoutsuppressionorpious-fraudulentmanipulation。

　　ThismadealltheintrenchmentsbaseduponMarini’sstatementsuntenable。Anotherretreathadtobemade。

　　Andnowcamethemostdesperateeffortofall。Theapologeticarmy，revivinganideawhichthepopesandtheChurchhadspurnedforcenturies，declaredthatthepopesASPOPEShadnevercondemnedthedoctrinesofCopernicusandGalileo；thattheyhadcondemnedthemasmensimply；thatthereforetheChurchhadneverbeencommittedtothem；thatthecondemnationwasmadebythecardinalsoftheinquisitionandindex；andthatthePopehadevidentlybeenrestrainedbyinterpositionofProvidencefromsigningtheircondemnation。Nothingcouldshowthedesperationoftheretreatingpartybetterthanjugglerylikethis。Thefactis，thatintheofficialaccountofthecondemnationbyBellarmin，in1616，hedeclaresdistinctlythathemakesthiscondemnation“inthenameofHisHolinessthePope。”[81]

　　[81]SeethecitationfromtheVaticanmanuscriptgiveninGebler，p。78。

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