Galileo’s letter showed how it was traditionally standard to follow the belief of the Catholic Church. People were required to follow the Holy Scripture rather than believe in science and if one chose to do so then he or she would suffer at the hand of God. Science and religion were very much divided and if a person was to rely on science over religion publically, he or she would suffer the consequences much like Galileo. There
hopes the world come together in a convergence of science and religion. His want for a more scientific view of the world brought about many enemies in the Catholic Church, but no one was more against Galileo’s theory than Cardinal Bellarmine. In 1614, in the midst of the Scientific Revolution, Galileo wrote a
In Galileo Galilei, Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina, Galileo laments his debate with the Church by writing a letter to Christina, the grand duchess of Tuscany in 1615. He challenged the doctrine of the church. At that time, many people were religious, and so whoever went against the church beliefs or doctrine was considered as heresy. Galileo believed that the sun is in the middle of the universe, and how earth rotates around it. The church argued Galileo’s absurd beliefs, and he was treated
To understand why Galileo’s view of math (“Triangles, circles, and other geometric figures without which it is humanly impossible to understand a single word of it; with these, one wanders about in a dark labyrinth “) was so revolutionary in the 17th century, we must understand what type of government was in place and the culture (p. 138). Theology based on the Bible and the works of the Church Fathers
different argumentative styles that weaken and build upon different aspects of their arguments. While Descartes’ arguments are very clear, concise in their structure, and easy to understand, Galileo’s are packed full of supporting facts and details that are hard to disprove. Ultimately, even though Galileo’s presentation of information can be confusing at times and overburdening to process, I
in Switzerland. Calvin developed many new ideas including the union of church and state by stating, “this civil government is designed...to cherish and support the external worship of God,” in his “Institutes of the Christian Religion” (“Institutes of the Christian Religion”). He also came to add another more positive component to view of the law in Christianity by seeing it as a guide to Christian practice, contrary to Luther seeing it as only a means of forcing people to Christ upon realizing their