Many religious and intellectual leaders viewed the new science with suspicion, as shown by the Catholic Church's trial of
A)Leopold and Loeb.
B)Newton.
C)Lavoisier.
D)Voltaire.
E)Galileo.

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Galileo faced trial by the Catholic Church for his support of heliocentrism, which contradicted the Church's geocentric view of the universe.

Many Religious and Intellectual Leaders Viewed the New Science with Suspicion