[Snuffington]

The Church's view that some questions should not even be asked was a stifling force on advancement.

The Church has never held such a view.

[jscd3]

The Church has never held such a view

If you are talking specifically of the Catholic Church, you are, of course, correct.

[E Rocc]

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The Church's view that some questions should not even be asked was a stifling force on advancement.

The Church has never held such a view.

Then why did Copernicus (a Catholic priest) wait until the year of his death to publish his heliocentric theory?

-Eric