During the Scientific Revolution, thinking about nature evolved from a religious to an intellectual perspective. The Roman Catholic Church dictated that the Earth was the center of the universe and that the other planets and the sun revolved around it in a perfect circle. Galileo challenged the Church's idea of ​​perfection and the idea that the Earth is the center of the universe. The Church also mandated that God and the Church be at the center of everyone's life, and Rembrandt challenges this idea through his painting The Erection of the Cross. In Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Major World Systems, Galileo represents the Pope as Simplicio, the Fool. , to refer to the beliefs of the Church. Simplicio represents the Church and speaks about his views with great confidence and appears firm on his beliefs, just like the Roman Catholic Church. The confidence in his speech proves that the Church was not open to new ideas, and Galileo uses the pope to convey the message that the Church already had a predefined idea of ​​what was right and wrong. This feeling of opposing directness is also addressed in Rembrandt's painting. Instead of using linearity and straight lines, which allow the viewer to find a sharp contrast between the background and the subject, Rembrandt uses painterly lines that appear to blend into the background, giving an obscure and ambiguous aspect on the board. This mix of topics and context highlights that although the Church claims to have all the answers, no one can truly have all the answers and there will always be a feeling of uncertainty. In the dialogue, Simplicio says: "Now when we see this beautiful order among the planets, them being arranged around the ear...... middle of paper ......ch makes them imperfect. Through Rembrandt and Galileo, we can conclude that there is a shift towards this new idea that change is beneficial. Although people like Galileo and Rembrandt wanted to move beyond traditional ideas, many religious scholars and intellectuals found the idea of ​​a new science to be threatening because of the unwanted challenges it brought to established traditions. As these people remained silent, the Church continued to control their beliefs and remained powerful for longer. Works Cited Galileo, Galileo. “Dialogue concerning the two main world systems”. Trans. Drake Stillman. Ed. James Bowley, and. al. Heritage Reader. Jackson, Mississippi: Millsaps College and Copyright Clearance Center, 2014. 10-11. Rembrandt, Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1660. “Elevation of the Cross”. ARTstor digital library. Internet. February 15. 2014