9/10/14
1Co 2:16
"For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct
him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
In the Middle Ages there emerged a clash between those who
relied dogmatically on ideas and theories passed on from Classical sources, and
the new attitudes to research fostered by the growing influence of what is now
called modern science. Christians such as Grosseteste, Bacon and Boyle
encouraged experiment instead of simply relying on old traditions. The Royal
Society was founded to encourage research, and the majority of its early
members were Puritan or Anglican in origin. The discovery of printing (the
first printed book in Europe was a Bible) and the Reformation sparked by Martin
Luther were major forces in promoting intellectual liberty, and by the
sixteenth century medical progress was advancing rapidly.
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