Jerome J. Langford, O.P., was an author, scholar, and Dominican priest whose academic work focused on bridging the gap between theology and the history of science. He is best known for his influential book Galileo, Science and the Church, which offers a balanced, nuanced historical perspective on the 1633 conflict between Galileo Galilei and the Roman Catholic Church. His scholarship remains widely respected and utilized in university courses for reframing the Galileo affair as a complex dispute over scriptural interpretation rather than a simple war between faith and science.
