LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
AMERICAN RENAISSANCE UNIQUELY AMERICAN ART LITERATURE AND CULTURE
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challenges to the traditional teachings of the Catholic Church
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support for the Earth-centered theory of the universe
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confirmation of Darwin’s theory of evolution
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a renewed interest in the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Detailed explanation-1: -Galileo concluded that a previous scientist’s (Copernicus’) theory that the planets revolved around the sun was correct. The Catholic Church believed that the planets revolved around the earth and imprisoned Galileo for such heretical beliefs! Galileo Galilei also tested the movements of falling objects.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Catholic Church condemned the theories of Copernicus and Galileo because they ? threatened the Scriptures, as the heavens were no longer a spiritual world but a world of matter.
Detailed explanation-3: -1 Answer. They correctly asserted the sun was at the center of the universe, not the earth.
Detailed explanation-4: -Copernicus argued that it made more sense to place the sun, not the Earth, in the middle of the solar system to explain the motion of the planets. Copernicus influenced Galileo, whose discovery of moons orbiting other planets confirmed that Copernicus’s theory better explained astronomical observations.
Detailed explanation-5: -Reason For Conflict There were two reasons as to why there was conflict between science and the Roman Catholic Church. One reason was that scientific ideas contradicted with Church teachings. The second reason was that if people were to contradict with the Church teachings, they weakened the Church.