Question

Why did many of the great thinkers of the Scientific Revolution come into conflict with the Catholic Church?

They challenged many of the ideas that were considered truths in Christian teaching
They challenged many of the ideas that were considered truths in Christian teaching
They refused to pay their taxes to church as they believed they were helping society
They refused to pay their taxes to church as they believed they were helping society
They were trying to convert people and spread the Islamic faith throughout Europe
They were trying to convert people and spread the Islamic faith throughout Europe
They worked to prove that the teachings of Jesus Christ were true

Answer 1

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The main reason many great thinkers of the Scientific Revolution came into conflict with the Catholic Church was because they challenged many of the ideas that were considered truths in Christian teaching. The Church's teachings were seen as dogma that could not be questioned, while these thinkers sought to use reason and empirical evidence to understand the natural world. This led to conflicts over issues such as heliocentrism (the idea that the Earth revolves around the Sun), which contradicted the Church's geocentric model of the universe. Additionally, some of these thinkers were accused of heresy and faced persecution by the Church for their ideas.