page_title: Science and the Catholic Church
section_title: Development of Modern Science
hierarchical_section_title: Science and the Catholic Church / Scientific Revolution and the Church / Development of Modern Science
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Der vitruvianische Mensch. Proportionsschema der menschlichen Gestalt nach Vitruv. (Leonardo da Vinci 1485/90, Venedig, Galleria dell' Accademia) العربية: رجل فيتروفيوس وفقا لرسم ليوناردو دافنشي (1485-1490 ، البندقية, متحف الاكاديمية English: Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci, Galleria dell' Accademia, Venice (1485-90) Català: Home Vitruvià, Leonardo da Vinci (1485-1490, Venècia, Galeria de l'Acadèmia) Español: Hombre de Vitruvio (Homo cuadratus), Leonardo da Vinci. (1485-1490). Venecia: Galería de la Academia Français&#160;: L'Homme de Vitruve, Léonard de Vinci (1485-1490, Venise, Galleria dell' Accademia) Plume, encre et lavis sur papier Magyar: Vitruvius-tanulmány Leonardo da Vinci vázlata, az emberi test méretarányait elemzi (1485-90, Velence, Galleria dell' Accademia) Italiano: L'uomo vitruviano di Leonardo da Vinci (1485/90, Venezia, Galleria dell' Accademia) Português: Homem de Vitrúvio por Leonardo da Vinci (1485-90, Veneza, Galleria dell' Accademia) Template:Pt(br) 中文: 达芬奇的素描《维特鲁威人》（1485年-1490年间作品，现藏于威尼斯的学院美术馆(Galleria dell' Accademia)） Русский: «Витрувианский человек» Леонардо да Винчи (1490, Галерея Академии, Венеция) Slovenščina: Razmerja človeškega telesa po Vitruviju, avtor Leonardo da Vinci (1485/90, Venedig, Galleria dell' Accademia) Українська: «Вітрувіанська людина» Леонардо да Вінчі (1490, Галерея Академії, Венеція)
context_page_description: The relationship between science and the Catholic Church is a widely debated subject. Historically, the Catholic Church has often been a patron of sciences. It has been prolific in the foundation and funding 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 the 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:
caption: Vitruvian Man, c. 1490, by Leonardo da Vinci.
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