How did the catholic church respond to the scientific revolution? the church tested new theories to prove or disprove them. the church embraced new discoveries as signs from god. the church persecuted scientists who challenged religious teachings. the church supported the work of some scientists but not others.

john smith was the first englishman to sail around the world. francis bacon served as attorney general and lord chancellor of england. he took up aristotelian ideas, arguing for an empirical, inductive approach, known as the scientific method, which is the foundation of modern scientific inquiry.

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