Ptolemy theory fit the churches view of the world. The bible at the Catholic Church taught that god created the earth and people that's on it. Then it made sense to the church that the sun, moon, planets, and stars all revolved around the earth.
How did the Babylonian captivity of the church contribute to the decline of the papacy in the 14th century? -The popes were living in Avignon apart from Rome, the traditional see of Peter, the papal "line" was in question. -King Philip had filled the school of cardinals with Frenchmen.
Missouri Compromise was a plan agreed upon by the United States Congress in 1820 to settle the debate over slavery in the Louisiana Purchase area. The plan temporarily maintained the balance between free and slave states. ... Slavery was legal in the Territory of Missouri, and about 10,000 slaves lived there.
Had three or four Jewish grandparents.