. . . as Father Langford points out in his aperture sentence, the Catholic Church has not been sanctioned to regard its antediluvian condemnation of Galileo as a dead issue. The effective prohibition of a scientific thesis which later became an established truth has stood ever since as a symbol . . . Galileo's condemnation was the first of two outstanding events in modern times that have come to symbolize the conflict of religion and science. Indeed, without the treatment accorded to the views of Galileo and Darwin, the very concept of such a conflict might never have been formulated (p. ix).
This cogently illustrates why every creationist should read this-book. Simply put, Drake believes that if it had not been for the rigorous treatment of these two men by the Church we might not have the religion/science conflict today. But, does that mean theologians should blindly accept criticism from secular scientists and modify church doctrines or disbelieve the Bible? I think not. The facts regarding Galileo's censure by the Catholic Church are often erroneously reported by those who have not taken the trouble to research the subject thoroughly. Langford rectifies many of these erroneous impressions by presenting a detailed account of the circumstances circumventing the life of Galileo and his conflict with Church authorities.
The author commences by describing events leading up to the time of Galileo. He states that the Reformation "was not a sudden outburst against the Catholic Church commenced only when Luther posted his 95 theses on the door of the Wittenberg Church in 1517 (p. 4)." On the contrary, conditions favoring a revolt had been occurring for several years in spite of endeavors by the Church to carry out reforms authoritatively mandated by influential political and religious bellwethers.
Prior to 1530, the geocentric theory of the universe (which holds that the earth is motionless and is at the center of the universe) was the accepted astronomical... [continues]
This cogently illustrates why every creationist should read this-book. Simply put, Drake believes that if it had not been for the rigorous treatment of these two men by the Church we might not have the religion/science conflict today. But, does that mean theologians should blindly accept criticism from secular scientists and modify church doctrines or disbelieve the Bible? I think not. The facts regarding Galileo's censure by the Catholic Church are often erroneously reported by those who have not taken the trouble to research the subject thoroughly. Langford rectifies many of these erroneous impressions by presenting a detailed account of the circumstances circumventing the life of Galileo and his conflict with Church authorities.
The author commences by describing events leading up to the time of Galileo. He states that the Reformation "was not a sudden outburst against the Catholic Church commenced only when Luther posted his 95 theses on the door of the Wittenberg Church in 1517 (p. 4)." On the contrary, conditions favoring a revolt had been occurring for several years in spite of endeavors by the Church to carry out reforms authoritatively mandated by influential political and religious bellwethers.
Prior to 1530, the geocentric theory of the universe (which holds that the earth is motionless and is at the center of the universe) was the accepted astronomical... [continues]
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