Author Question: Newton's Principia a. placed the earth at the center of the universe. b. rejected the ideas of ... (Read 121 times)

cookcarl · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

Newton's Principia

a. placed the earth at the center of the universe.
b. rejected the ideas of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo.
c. mathematically disproved the universal law of gravitation.
d. supplied the new theory of the universe that combined the work of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo.
e. proved that Luther was correct regarding salvation by faith.

Question 2

The Catholic Church condemned the theories of Copernicus and Galileo because they

a. ended the spirituality of the earth.
b. threatened the Scriptures, as the heavens were no longer a spiritual world but a world of matter.
c. was simpler to accept it than to reject its doctrinal challenges.
d. conflicted with those of Newton.
e. were contrary to the Council of Constance.