How Did Christianity Influence the Expansion and Development of Europe Between the 1400s-1800s?

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the universe, thus a special place in which we inhabited. But the heliocentric theory, proved that the sun was indeed the center of the universe. More scientific discoveries were also beginning to unravel. Galileo Galilei, an astronomer discovered that the moon has craters and the sun has dark spots. This contradicted the church’s belief that the moon and stars were made of pure, perfect substances. Christian were beginning to question whether or not the church should be the one interpreting the Bible. With this in mind, Europeans were realizing that they could learn outside of what the Church taught them and it helped them become more secular.

The Enlightenment was a new intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought and the power of others to solve problems, this is also known as the Age of Reason. This was a time where Christians started to want a stronger, more efficient government and move away from the Church’s rule. People also started to look more at individual achievement rather than always trying to do what the Church said was right. The Church was no longer the main focus in the lives of these people.

Christianity was once seen as the center of life for everyday Europeans. But due to the Reformation, Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment, Europe became one of the most advanced countries in the world. The questioning of Christianity is what cause such valuable advancements in Europe. The church was questioned, ideas were formed, and there was a new way of thinking. Europe continued to thrive, and lived on to develop into the Europe we know today.