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Bellarmine had nothing against science- in fact he was quite learned. That being said, he was against the newer ideas, especially those that went against Catholic Doctrine. Even though Galileo went against the Scriptures, Bellarmine still pursued a second opinion from Jesuit astronomers. (>source<). After wringing a promise to never again support Copernicanism from Galileo (>Source<), Bellarmine continued to maintain the status quo as best he could. So long as those scientists never caused too much trouble by going against the Church, Bellarmine seems to have enjoyed their search for knowledge. (>Source<). Interestingly enough, Bellarmine even covered himself in the case that the science was actually right, and he was wrong, in his historic letter to Father Foscarini (>seen here<) he actually described what the Church should do in that case. Bellarmine advocated that the Church should " proceed with great circumspection in explaining passages of Scripture which appear to teach the contrary, and we should rather have to say that we did not understand them than declare an opinion to be false which is proved to be true."(>seen here<). Thus, Bellarmine might like some branches of science for the learning, and dislike others that contradicted the church, but he was a pragmatic person who had a plan for the overall good and preservation of the Catholic church.