The findings of the Scientific Revolution collided with the mystical model of the Catholic Church to determine knowledge according to religious precepts.
In the view of the Catholic Church, scientific discoveries were interpreted as heresies and as an affront to their hierarchical and moral position.
Thus, the Church persecuted many scientists. The most emblematic cases were Giordano Bruno, who was condemned and murdered in the year 1600 in Rome for his theory of Heliocentrics, and Galileo Galilei, which confirmed Nicolaus Copernicus's theory that Earth was not the center of the universe. Galileo had to deny his words not to be burned at the stake.
Correct answer: C
