How did religion and science’s conflict over compatibility resolve itself?
A) The papacy always had the final word on the new revelations of science.
B) The scientific revolution did not go beyond the world of religion.
C) Confidence gradually grew in human reason’s ability to explain the world.
D) The hierarchical nature of society in the Bible was never questioned.
E) Views of the cosmos began with Newton.
Ans: C
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