Was Catholicism really opposed to Science? Did the Medieval Church try to stop scientific discoveries? Did the Inquisition condemn Galileo to the dungeons?
Fr. Bill examines the relationship between the Catholic Church and the scientific discoveries since the Middle Ages, and the truth of how much the Catholic Church advanced and supports the pursuit of science and the importance of the scientific endeavours in understanding God's creation.
Chapters -
Intro: 00:21
Anti-Catholic Bias: 00:58
Scientific Medieval Europe: 03:45
Early Catholic Scientists: 06:17
The Galileo Affair: 13:52
Conclusion: 17:08
Selection of Sources Used:
-Alfred North Whitehead, Science and the Modern World, 1979.
-Sarah Godkin, Life of Victor Emmanuel II. Vol. 1, 1878
-John Gribbin, The Fellowship: Gilbert, Bacon, Harvey, Wren, Newton, and the Story of a Scientific Revolution, 2005.
-Bernard Cohen, Revolution in Science, 1985.
-Richard Dales, The Scientific Achievement of the Middle Ages, 1994.
-The Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph; 159.
-David Lindenburg, The Beginnings of Western Sciences, 1992.
-Steve Weidenkopf, The Real Story of Catholic History, 2017.
- Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion, 2006.
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