The Transition Of Religion And Superstition To Science And Technology In The Middle Ages

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strongly in the powers of God and the Holy Ghost. It was thought
that God controlled the entire universe, from life to death, from the
Creation to Doomsday.
At this point in time, the earth was the center of the universe,
with all of planets and stars surrounding it. This belief, originated from
the Church, was called the heliocentric theory. However, as in every
civilization, there were small groups of people who refused to believe what
the Church was telling them. The Church was not necessarily telling them
lies; they were simply dominating religion over common reason and
intellectuality.
Clearly, an age that takes its name from an intellectual atmosphere
cannot be fixed within rigid chronological limits. �In one sense The
Enlightenment began as far back as the Renaissance, with men's renewed
interest in Greek and Latin texts, their critical approach to medieval
Christian philosophy and their general sense of curiosity about this world
as opposed to the ...

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