1. How did the Council of Trent reflect

the new goals of the Catholic Church following The Protestant Reformation?

2. What was the Scientific Revolution?3. In what ways did the witch hunts of

the 1600’s show that the Scientific Revolution was an elite movement?

Big Questions

Movement within the Catholic

Church responding to the Protestant Reformation

Affirmed Catholic ideas and addressed weaknesses

Pope’s goal= restore and regain.

Catholic Reformation

Refused to compromise on any

belief. Salvation by faith and works. Established education for

priests. Developed means of dealing

with heretics:1.Holy Office - Church’s FBI2.Index of Forbidden Books

Council of Trent (1545-1563)

Council of Trent

Founded by St. Ignatius

Loyola Big on missionary work. Follow the 4th vow- do

whatever the pope requests of you.

Rise of the Jesuits

Scientific Revolution

Ptolemaic/Geocentric

Theory- earth is the center of the galaxy - other planets revolve around it.

Things get more perfect the closer they get to Heaven

THEN CAME…

Pre-Scientific Revolution

Heliocentric Theory- sun is the center of the universe (Copernicus).

- Imperfect heavenly bodies (Galileo); (bye, bye Aristotle’s crystal spheres)

- Dominated by reason, natural laws

(Newton’s 3 laws of motion)- Watchmaker (Deist) God

Scientific Revolution

Copernicus-Heliocentric Theory Galileo- telescope: planets were actually

imperfect spheres (disproves old Aristotle’s views).

Newton- calculus and gravity prove new theory

• Kepler- 3 laws of planetary motion: planets move in elliptical, not circular orbits.

• Bacon- Scientific Method.BIG THEME: Reason isn’t good enough

anymore. You must be able to prove theories!

Great Scientists

Galileo

Copernicus

Kepler

Newton

The Church works to suppress new Scientific Revolution ideas…why?

Rise of REASON

Impact

How does the clip reflect the

reactions of Europeans to the Scientific Revolution?

Monty Python Clip

On the rise during the 1600’s…why?

Witch-Hunts

Culture of Fear!

1. How did the Council of Trent reflect

the new goals of the Catholic Church following The Protestant Reformation?

2. What was the Scientific Revolution? Why was it revolutionary?

3. In what ways did the witch hunts of the 1600’s show that the Scientific Revolution was an elite movement?

Big Questions