Science Consider the following lines from May Swenson's poem "The Universe"-- "What is it about the universe, the universe about us stretching out?" ... This widely held view is actually a distortion of the historical truth. ... Both Galileo and Descartes believed that one could believe in the teaching of the Bible and simultaneously accept the findings and conclusions of modern science. ... They give different views, but they look out at the same universe. Both views are one-sided, neither is complete, but together they are whole. ...

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The Renaissance may be considered as a bridge between the Middle Ages and the Modern Age. ... This led scientists to question traditional beliefs about the workings of the universe. ... The Catholic Church strongly believed in the geocentric theory, which stated that the Earth is the center of the universe and everything revolves around it, and rejected Copernicus' theory because it contradicted their religious views. ... Galileo says that the workings of the universe are understandable and that we need mathematics in order to understand them, which is a true belief in modern society but ...

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In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus published Revolutions of the Celestial Orbs, which put forth his revolutionary idea that the Sun was at the center of the universe, opposing the popularly accepted understanding of the geocentric universe embodied by the natural philosophy of Aristotle, the astronomy of Ptolemy and the teachings of the Church that the stationary Earth had the sun and stars revolving around it. ... Unlike the previous Pope, he held a generally positive view of the arts and science. ... In February of 1990, Cardinal Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) delivered a speech at the Sapien...

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