In March 1762, at the inauguration of the chair of mathematics at the Colegio del Rosario, he expounded the principles of the Copernican system and of the experimental method of science, leading to a confrontation with the church.
V marci 1762, pri prednáške na Colegio de Rosario, objasnil podstatu heliocentrizmu a moderných experimentálnych vedeckých metód, čím sa dostal do konfliktu s cirkvou.