The Church’s role in scientific innovation is a tale of a double edged sword and with complicated legacy. It is easier to bash the Church as anti-science but it was religious institutions that formed the first universities in Europe and encouraged scholars activity. This is the extent that the Church contributed to scientific innovation but they did suppress ideas that threatened their power and authority. The Church’s political situation was main factor that caused it suppress scientific innovation because these new innovations proved their world view to be inaccurate. The Church was facing a political disorder and compounding that science that hurt their doctrine would have been troubling for maintaining their power and authority in Europe.
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