During the scientific revolution, there was a shift in the way of thinking about nature from a religious perspective 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 was the center of the universe. The church also dictated that God and the church should be the center of everyone's life, and Rembrandt challenges this idea through his painting, Raising of the Cross. In Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Galileo represents the pope as Simplicio, the madman, to refer to the beliefs of the church. Simplicius represents the church and speaks his opinions with great confidence and appears firm in his beliefs, just like the Roman Catholic Church. The confidence in his speech shows that the Church was not open to new ideas, and Galileo uses the Pope to convey the message that the Church already had a preset idea of ​​what was right and wrong. This sense of opposition to straightforwardness is also addressed in Rembrandt's painting. Instead of using linearity and straight lines, which allow the viewer to find a stark contrast between the background and the subject, Rembrandt uses painterly lines that seem to blend into the background making the painting appear dark and ambiguous. This conflation of arguments with background highlights that even if the Church pretends to have all the answers, no one can truly have all the answers and there will always be a sense of uncertainty. In the Dialogue, Simplicius says: “Now when we see this beautiful order between the planets, being arranged around the ear......the center of the card......which makes them imperfect. Through Rembrandt and Galileo, it can be concluded that there is a shift towards this new idea of ​​beneficial change. While there were people like Galileo and Rembrandt who wanted to overcome traditional ideas, many religious scholars and intellectuals found the idea of ​​a new science to be threatening because of the undesirable challenges it brings to established traditions. Because these people remained quiet, the church continued to control their beliefs, and remained powerful for a longer time. Works Cited Galilei, Galileo. “Dialogue on the two greatest systems of the world”. Trans. Drake Stillmann. Ed. James Bowley, etc. al. Heritage reader. Jackson, Mississippi: Millsaps College and Copyright Clearance Center, 2014. 10-11.Rembrandt, Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1660. “Raising of the Cross”. ARTstor digital library. Network. February 15. 2014