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Nevertheless, the Galileo affair is indicative of a conflict between secular science and the church, as the latter claimed final say on the findings of the form
by cygx 10y ago
Nevertheless, the Galileo affair is indicative of a conflict between secular science and the church, as the latter claimed final say on the findings of the former.
From the final sentencing of Galileo:
We pronounce, judge, and declare, that you, the said Galileo [...] have rendered yourself vehemently suspected by this Holy Office of heresy, that is, of having believed and held the doctrine [...] that an opinion can be held and supported as probable, after it has been declared and finally decreed contrary to the Holy Scripture [...]
- huxley 10y agoThat's a bit of an anachronistic view, there really wasn't much secular science at the time, the vast majority of science was done under the patronage and support church officials (Catholic or Protestant). Copernicus was a canon of the Catholic church. Kepler, a Lutheran, did his foundational work at Graz under Catholic patronage. Galileo did his work under the patronage of cardinals and popes. There were exceptions, Tycho Brahe had noble and royal sponsors but it was as much for his alchemical and astrological studies as it was for his astronomy.
- cygx 10y agoSecular not in the sense of patronage, but secular in the sense of independence from theological considerations. Think Fr. Lemaître telling Pope Pius XII to refrain from making proclamations about the Big Bang validating Catholic creationist doctrine.