 The church is the great patron of science because the church rejoices in two kinds of truth. Those revealing the wisdom of God the Creator and those revealing the love of God the Redeemer. It has no anxiety about raising a single voice in this double praise because the Creator God and the Redeemer God are the same God. So let's sum this all up. The church has a both negative and positive attitude towards science, relationship to science. It's both a judge protecting the truth and a patron supporting the discovery of truth. Both relationships are essential.