[History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by John William Draper]@TWC D-Link bookHistory of the Conflict Between Religion and Science PREFACE 12/15
Under the designation of Averroism, there came into prominence the theories of Emanation and Absorption.
At the close of the middle ages the Inquisition succeeded in excluding those doctrines from Europe, and now the Vatican Council has formally and solemnly anathematized them. Meantime, through the cultivation of astronomy, geography, and other sciences, correct views had been gained as to the position and relations of the earth, and as to the structure of the world; and since Religion, resting itself on what was assumed to be the proper interpretation of the Scriptures, insisted that the earth is the central and most important part of the universe, a third conflict broke out.
In this Galileo led the way on the part of Science.
Its issue was the overthrow of the Church on the question in dispute.
Subsequently a subordinate controversy arose respecting the age of the world, the Church insisting that it is only about six thousand years old.
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