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CLEP Western Civ II

Category - Scientific Revolution

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Paleography, the science of dating manuscripts and documents, was seen as a threat to the Church because
  1. Texts were seen as divine, so dating them was sacrilege
  2. It created new types of textual critiques
  3. Scientists were not allowed to comment on church matters
  4. The Church was singled out for this practice
  5. The methods often rendered inaccurate results
Explanation
Answer: B - Paleography drove another wedge between the Church and the scientific community. Because it highlighted the man-made nature of texts and uncovered some misrepresentations of when important one shad been written, it created another area of inquiry in an era when the Church was already feeling vulnerable. Louis XIV was so concerned about the implications of the practice that he banned it.
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