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The Catholic Church's influence waned as a result of the Enlightenment's challenges to conventional religious doctrines and practises. .
The traditional role of the Catholic Church in society and politics was questioned by the Enlightenment. In contrast to the Church's assertions of authority based on faith and tradition, Enlightenment intellectuals advocated the use of reason, empirical observation, and critical thinking. The Church's hold on people's lives weakened as science and reason gained power over society. The Church's claims to have exclusive religious authority were challenged by the Enlightenment's promotion of religious tolerance and pluralism. Deism, which asserted that God created the universe but did not meddle in human matters, gained popularity among thinkers of the Enlightenment, upending conventional Christian ideas about divine meddling in human affairs.