How and why did the views of Luther and Galileo threaten the Catholic Church?
             Luther and Galileo were two very different extraordinary men with their own mindsets. They were very threatening to the Catholic Church. The things that they believed and that were published were questioning the churches trust and power. The biggest threat was the 95 theses. Luther wrote the 95 theses and posted them on the churches door. The printing press made more and more and they spread like a wild fire. Everyone was reading them and seriously debating who was right? The church or Luther? He translated the bible into German so that a ton of people could read it and explore a faith of their own and because a bunch of people were having there own faith and believing in different things the pope was loosing someone his power. Galileo came out with that idea that the earth was indeed not the center of the earth. The Church had been preaching that for years. Galileo stated that the earth was not the center of the universe and that went against the churches beliefs. The church had been teaching for thousands of years that the earth was the center of the universe and that the heavens were perfect and unmovable and that everything revolved around the earth and when any one was to go against the word of the church it could mean trouble. Both of these situations threatened the churches authority. People were reading these theories of these men and they were making sense. No one knew whom to believe. These two men left an everlasting effect on the church and on our society today. It could be so different if those two men weren't here. They were strong and wouldn't back down to what they believed even through all the threats of the church.
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