The Catholic Church reacted negatively to Galileo's studies because: O The Church was afraid that Galileo would try to take over the Church. The Church was worried that the population would believe in geocentric theory. The Church was afraid that they would lose people's trust in religious doctrine (teachings; policies) The Church was angry that Galileo was trying to spread Protestantism. * RI What belief did the majority of Enlightenment thinkers hold that contributed to ch​
