Science and the Catholic Church | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-30

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00:03:43 1 Conflict between science and the church
00:06:22 2 Some leading Catholic scientists
00:07:48 3 Definitions of science
00:08:40 4 History
00:08:49 4.1 Early Middle Ages
00:11:25 4.2 Later Middle Ages
00:11:34 4.2.1 Foundation of universities
00:13:02 4.2.2 Condemnations of 1210-1277
00:14:04 4.2.3 Mathematics, engineering and architecture
00:14:47 4.3 Roman Inquisition
00:15:37 4.3.1 View of Outsiders
00:16:16 4.3.2 Inquisition Tactics and Practices
00:17:13 4.3.3 The Fall of the Inquisition
00:17:46 4.4 Development of Modern Science
00:17:56 4.4.1 Geology
00:19:26 4.4.2 Astronomy
00:20:45 4.4.2.1 Copernicus
00:23:26 4.4.2.2 Galileo Galilei
00:32:35 4.4.2.3 Modern view on Galileo
00:35:10 4.4.2.4 Modern astronomers
00:36:15 4.4.3 Gessner
00:37:05 4.4.4 Evolution
00:42:46 4.4.5 Genetics
00:44:53 4.4.6 "Big Bang" Theory for early development of the universe
00:46:05 4.5 Sponsorship of scientific research
00:48:58 4.5.1 Medicine
00:52:37 5 Jesuits
00:54:25 5.1 Jesuits in China
00:55:28 5.2 Christopher Clavius
00:56:32 5.3 Athanasius Kircher
00:57:51 5.4 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
00:58:51 5.5 Pietro Angelo Secchi
00:59:31 5.6 Jesuit Observatories
01:00:54 5.6.1 Pontifical Academy of Sciences
01:02:15 5.6.2 Vatican Observatory
01:03:28 6 Current Church doctrine
01:05:00 6.1 Providentissimus Deus
01:07:27 6.2 Humani generis
01:08:20 6.3 Fides et Ratio
01:10:38 7 Ethics and science
01:11:17 8 Church and science as complementary
01:11:53 9 Conflict thesis and "drastic revision"
01:14:07 10 See also



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The relationship between the Catholic Church and science is a widely debated subject. Historically, the Catholic Church has often been a patron of sciences. It has been prolific in the foundation of schools, universities and hospitals, and many clergy have been active in the sciences. Historians of science such as Pierre Duhem credit medieval Catholic mathematicians and philosophers such as John Buridan, Nicole Oresme, and Roger Bacon as the founders of modern science. Duhem found "the mechanics and physics, of which modern times are justifiably proud, to proceed by an uninterrupted series of scarcely perceptible improvements from doctrines professed in the heart of the medieval schools." Yet, the conflict thesis and other critiques emphasize historical or contemporary conflict between the Catholic Church and science, citing in particular the trial of Galileo as evidence. For its part, the Catholic Church teaches that science and the Christian faith are complementary, as can be seen from the Catechism of the Catholic Church which states in regards to faith and science: 

Though faith is above reason, there can never be any real discrepancy between faith and reason. Since the same God who reveals mysteries and infuses faith has bestowed the light of reason on the human mind, God cannot deny himself, nor can truth ever contradict truth. ... Consequently, methodical research in all branches of knowledge, provided it is carried out in a truly scientific manner and does not override moral laws, can never conflict with the faith, because the things of the world and the things of faith derive from the same God. The humble and persevering investigator of the secrets of nature is being led, as it were, by the hand of God in spite of himself, for it is God, the conserver of all things, who made them what they are.
Catholic scientists, both religious and lay, have led scientific discovery in many fields.  From ancient times, Christian emphasis on practical charity gave rise to the development of systematic nursing and hospitals and the Church remains the single largest private provider of medical care and research facilities in the world.  Following the Fall of Rome, monast ...