I don't know what that means, so I can't answer your question.
...simply because it lorded its power over the great thinkers during its medieval heyday?
By funding their research, as in the case of Copernicus? The evidence you present is selective.
I don't know what that means, so I can't answer your question.
I apologize for any confusion. Let me try to rephrase: Are you saying that Christianity deserves to be a part of science now simply because they had a powerful influence over men of science in ages past?
>...simply because it lorded its power over the great thinkers during its medieval heyday?
By funding their research, as in the case of Copernicus? The evidence you present is selective.
That would certainly be a part of what gave them power over anyone that wished to pursue scientific interests. Controlling the purse strings granted control over the research. Add to that the means to politically quash and physically penalize those they disagreed with provided a significant grip over these scientific pioneers, to say the least. That doesn't mean the Church can claim to be the basis for scientific advances, though. Just that those that did form this basis were bound by the limitations such control put on them.