Which statement BEST explains Descartes’ relationship with the Catholic Church?

Descartes was a Catholic who generally avoided directly challenging Church teachings. After Galileo was condemned, Descartes held back a work that supported ideas associated with heliocentrism, because he feared conflict with Church authorities. He did publish other works, so choice B is best understood as referring to his caution about publishing controversial ideas, not as saying he never published anything.

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