The Relationship Research Between Science And Bible In The 17th Century

As the two important dimensions of human civilization, the problem of relationship between science and religion has been a widely studied topic since modern science generated and science and Christian theology fiercely collided. In the study of the relationship between the Christian theology and science, the relationship of them can be mainly divided into three models, namely the conflict theory, separation theory and harmony theory. However, the author thinks that any single mode is not enough to explain the history of the complex interaction between theology and science, also fails to clearly illustrate why modern science was born in the 17th century of the Christian world, rather than other times, other areas in the west. In fact, the meet of science and theology always presents a subtle and sensitive relationship, the relationship of them is a complex interactive relationship, especially at the time of the birth of modern science, and at the beginning of the scientific revolution in 17th century, bible as the Christian classic always involve in the relationship of theology and science. Therefore, a deep research into the problem of relationship between natural science and Christian theology, we should back to the birth and profound revolution of the modern sense of the natural science in the 17th century, we are also bound to explain the interaction between natural science and the bible as the Christian classic.This article selects three figures-Galileo, Newton, Pascal that at the same time closely associated with Christian theology and science at the beginning of scientific revolution in 17th century. In order to clarify a big picture of the interactive relationship between science and the bible at the beginning of scientific revolution in the 17th century, this article focuses on the main points and writings of other thinkers, adds with introduction to their life, and place them in the specific historical background and major events, interacts with other comment to clarify the author intention.On the whole, the meet of science and the theology in the 17th century is a kind of complex interactions, Christian theology not only blocks modern science but also contributes to the emergence and development of modern science.The bible theology has influence on the rise and development of modern science, relatively, the development of modern science has also contributed to the interpretation of the bible and the change of some ideas about Christian theology...