Scientific Revolution Dbq

The scientific revolution can be considered one of the biggest turning points in European history. Because of new scientific ideas and theories, a new dawn of thinking and questioning of natural elements had evolved. Scientific revolution thinkers such as Newton, Galileo, and Copernicus all saw nature as unknowable and wanted to separate myths from reality. During the scientific revolution during mid 1500-late 1600s, key figures such as Isaac Newton and Nicolaus Copernicus greatly impacted Europe in terms of astronomical discoveries, scientific methods, and the questioning of God to challenge the church’s teachings.

Before the scientific revolution, it was widely believed that the earth was the center of the universe and that everything revolved

Not just the catholic church, but the new reformed religions such as lutheranism. Martin Luther, the founder of Lutheranism, discusses the events of the new scientific findings in document 3. He says that the new scientific discoveries are just fools. He does not appreciate it because he is a very religious man who lives strictly by the bible. “Joshua commanded the sun top stand still, and not the earth.”(Joshua 10:13). Luther does not want people to believe these new discoveries and lose people from the church. The scientific impacted europe religion in a huge way. It made people realize that not everything the church has teached us is true and to prove everything yourself. This is the attitude that led to the enlightenment. Luther views the scientific revolution as a threat to his church, where as John Calvin, the founder of Calvinism, agrees with the new scientific findings as said in document 4. Calvin says that the new findings supports the evidence of God and even proves His existence. “This art [astronomy] unfolds the admirable wisdom of God(4).” With the scientific revolution slowly gaining the support from different churches, the new ideas and discoveries start to be supported by