Galileo's Faith - Was he a Christian?

Galileo argued that if his scientific "doctrine were proved, then it could not contradict the Scriptures when they were rightly understood." He recognized "that it is very pious to say and prudent to affirm that the holy Bible can never speak untruth-whenever its true meaning is understood." But for "discussions of physical problems we ought to begin not from the authority of scriptural passages, but from sense-experiences and necessary demonstrations." Galileo advised Catholic officials not to take formal action against Copernican theory while new evidence from the telescope was still coming in. He advocated metaphorical rather than literal interpretation of biblical passages in which the sun seemingly moved." ---http://www.aip.org/history/cos...

Galileo believed - Bible cannot speak untruth. He was a Christian because even though he differed with the pope he believed in Christ for his salvation.

“The Bible tells us how to go to Heaven (spiritual dimension), not how the heavens(cosmos) go.” - Galileo.