Question

Why were Copernicus's ideas about the universe published in his book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies unpopular with the accepted views of the Church?

(a) The Church believed that the Earth was at the center of the universe.

(b)The Church believed that the Earth was entirely flat and surrounded by water.

(c)The Church believed that the Vatican was at the center of the known universe.

(d)The Church believed that Copernicus was denying the existence of God.

Answer 1

The answer is (a) The Church believed that the Earth was at the center of the universe.

Copernicus' ideas were very unpopular and not logical at the time; most of the world believed in religion. As you can probably tell, Copernicus won in the long run. Now we all KNOW that Earth is indeed not the center of the universe.

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