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• Copernicus’ heliocentric model of the universe

• Newton’s law of gravitation

• Descartes’ belief in truth through reason

This set of ideas from the Scientific Revolution

gave Europeans a new way to

(1) view humankind’s place in the universe

(2) support the core beliefs of the church

(3) authenticate historical facts

(4) verify civil liberties

Verified Answer :

The best answer is A). In fact, the heliocentric model refuted some of the church's beliefs, so B is false. I don't see which historical facts this could refer to- it's rather laws of physics and knowledge about the universe, so no C. And it also didn't have much to do with civil liberties- D.