But the Christianity they held to was of necessity importantly different from the one tradition had bequeathed to them. An historical question of some interest, then, is how it comes to be that religious and political elites in different eras tend to favor one picture of what doctrinal divergence signifies over the other. Here's a question to keep in mind for the future. Before long, we will encounter Francis Bacon's Novum Organum . Go to the Home Page of the course .
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