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Who discovered the law of universal gravitation?
Sir Isaac Newton
What is deism?
A belief that there was a Supreme Being.
When was the First Vatican Council convened?
1869-1870.
What did Saint Thomas Aquinas understand?
That truth cannot contradict truth.
What did Galileo Galilei prove?
That the Earth revolves around the Sun.
What is the Enlightenment and where was it centered at?
A movement that popularized new scientific discoveries and took on a strongly antireligious tone; France.
Why was the First Vatican Council stopped?
The outbreak of the Franco-Prussian war.
What did Pope Pius XI declare?
Why did Richard Simon write a book in response to these scientific discoveries?
He tried to show that it is not necessary to interpret everything in the Bible literally.
How did the Deists see God as?
They saw him as the Great Architect of the Universe or a watchmaker.
What does ex cathedra mean?
"from the chair"
What did geologists prove that contradicted against the Church?
That the Earth was millions of years old which was older than biblical evidence would seem to indicate.
Who discovered the circulation of blood?
William Harvey
Why was Deism created?
What is papal infability?
That the gift of the Holy Spirit enables the pope to teach without error when he speaks ex cathedra on matters of faith and morals.
the mid 17th century