There was this meme circulating saying that medieval Europe were too focused on religion to develop scientific progress like their neighboring Muslims did with their House of Wisdom and all, and everyone is familiar to the conflict between Heliocentrism and the Church, but did Christian Clergy really was a hindrance to scientific progress at the time? A lot of Muslims inventors and scientists during their golden age were also knowledgeable scholars of religion, so surely their Christian counterparts would also have some influence developing scientific knowledge in Europe?
Ah, it's our old friend the Conflict Thesis! No, the Church was not a roadblock for scientific progress in the Medieval Period. More can always be said, so if anyone would like to practise their arguments against this popular notion, please don't let this post stop you!
For the meantime, OP, I commend to your attention some previous posts chewing on The Medieval Catholic Church Versus Science: