10A Study Questions for Ch 5 (pp 66-85) of HTCCBWC
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  1. Chapter 5 pages 66-85
    1. Why is the case of Galileo the only one ever brought against the Church to show that she is hostile to science?
    2. Why did the Church condemn Galileo? What assumption about Holy Scripture did Galileo’s theory call into question?
    3. How did the attitude of the Protestants influence the Church’s decision about Galileo?
    4. What two ideas about God and creation formed the basis for the birth and progress of science in the Catholic Church?
    5. How do these two ideas contrast with the view of God and creation found in other ancient civilizations which failed to develop true science?
    6. Why has Islam been fundamentally opposed to viewing the universe as being predictable and orderly?
    7. What was St. Anselm’s point about God’s potentia ordinata and his potentia absoluta?
    8. What two errors did St. Thomas Aquinas’ view of the universe avoid?
    9. What error did Aristotle fall into by over-emphasizing a purely rational approach to investigating the universe?
    10. How did the 14th century professor Jean Buridan explain planetary motion?







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