-— I am reading a book right now by James Walsh called: “The Thirteenth - Greatest of Centuries” ——
I have to get that. I’ve always believed that the 12th was the height of Scholasticism and Christian culture.
The birth of modern science came with the promulgation of the dogma of “creation from nothing,” leading to the physics breakthroughs of Buridan and Newton.
There’s a great article on the web called “The Origin of Science” by Stanley Jaki.
It is funny how God works. Bad dogma leads to scientific breakthroughs the ideas of which continue bless the world even today.
Is this the Jaki article you are referring to?:
http://www.biblicalchristianworldview.net/documents/musingsJaki.pdf