Question

One way in which medieval Christian thought contributed to the development of science was?

Answer 1

Medieval Christian era is said to be in between Fall of Western Roman empire (c. 476) untill the fall of Constantinople (1453).

There has been always a debate whether Christianity ever supported and promoted science or not. We will see below how Christianity contributed science in Medieval era.

• There are no such evidences that Church was holding back the science, they always taught that Earth is round, they always gave importance to '0'. They never opposed to human dissection and lightening rods. No one was burnt at the cost of showing interest in science.
• Catholic churches were the leading sponsors of scientific research. They paid for priests and.monksnto study in Universities. They always emphasized on science and mathematics to be an integral part of syllabus. It was this faith that in the following period Jesuit order had become leading scientific organization to publish various papers and new discoveries. Astronomical.observatoties and genetics were getting.more importance than ever in this period.
• In medieval period it was believed that studying environment is to admire work of God because it was a strong belief that God created the universe and nature. With this faith in soul Copernicus rejected Ptolemy view and inspired Johannes Kepler to discover Constitution of Universe in following period.
• The middle ages was the time of discoveries,innovations and conceptualization like Mechanical clock, Glasses , printing, accountancy, accelerated motion, inertia, heavy ploughs, water Mills and crop rotation.

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