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| Subject: The Reformation & Science |
I've added the following brief text and quote to "Science: It's Methods and Character" by Vexen Crabtree 2006:
One movement in the history of religion allowed, in the 16th century, for science to begin flourishing. The Protestant Reformation led to the founding of breakaway churches (such as the Anglican and Lutheran) from the monolithic Catholic Church.
 “The development of science was retarded by the Church's imposition of orthodoxy on all fields of thought. The Church claimed to speak in an unchanging and authoritative fashion not only on matters of behavior but also on the behavior of matter. The Reformation, by breaking the power of the Church [...] made way for a variety of thought and for the questioning of tradition which is so vital to natural science.”
"Religion in the Modern World" by Steve Bruce, p21
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