Galileo Galilei was a scientist born in Italy on February 15, 1564. During his early life he taught physics, mathematics, geometry, and astronomy in multiple universities. He discovered new things in the universe, which completely contradicted the Aristotelian theory and the Church’s perspective. He realized that he agreed with the Copernican system and decided to write books on his point of view. Not only was he isolated from other professors because of the way he viewed the world, but he was also threatened with torture and put on house arrest for the rest of his life. Galilei died on 8 January 1642 and he is now known as “The Father of Modern Science”. (Biography.com) The document 13.6 and the chapter 17 of the textbook The West: The Scientific Revolution, are going to be referred to in order to demonstrate the conflict between scientific observation and predominant religious attitudes. …show more content…
The Catholic Church was in contradiction with Galileo’s support of the Copernican system that proves how the planets revolve around the sun and not around the earth, because this wasn’t written in the Bible. “He did not ignore the Bible, but he knew very well that if his doctrine were proved, then it could not contradict the Scriptures when they were rightly understood”. This shows that although Galileo wasn’t against the church and the Christian’s way of thinking, he thought that if you had proven facts and evidence about anything that wasn’t mentioned in the Bible, it would in fact be true. Galilei strongly believed in himself and his studies even though everyone else viewed his certainty as being disrespectful and