Hostilities Between Men of Faith and Science

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When Copernicus and Galileo voiced their observations opposing the Catholic Church, Copernicus and Galileo were labeled as a threat for a couple reasons. For example, Copernicus and Galileo’s observations did not support the Catholic Church’s teachings. Copernicus and Galileo discovered that the sun does not revolve around the Earth but that the Earth revolves around the sun. The Church believed that “Only God knows how he created the universe,” (Gascoigne) so there was no way that Copernicus and Galileo could know that the Earth revolves around the sun. In the Bible it says, “The world also is stablished, and it cannot be moved.” (The Book) This was interpreted by the Church to mean that Earth cannot move, therefore the sun must be moving. About this matter, Leo XIII stated, “Truth cannot contradict truth, and we may be sure that some mistake has been made either in the interpretation of the sacred words, or in the polemical discussion itself,” which, in turn lead the Church believe that Copernicus and Galileo were heretics (Breshears). Also, Copernicus and Galileo’s observations were different than what the Church, its followers, and the rest of the world were used to. Aristotle, an influential Greek philosopher, had taught that the Earth was stationary and, for 1,800 years, it was common belief (Miller). No one had enough courage to risk the Catholic Church’s wrath and provide new ideas about the universe until Copernicus in 1543 (Miller). In conclusion, the Church had reason to consider Copernicus and Galileo as threats.
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