Until the 17th century, it was believed that everything happened in a certain way: apples fell from trees, theologians knew everything and above all, the Earth was the center of our solar system. . Although this belief dates back to the idea that theology was an expression of new intellectual thought, great advances were made during the 16th and 17th centuries that forced a shift from geocentric belief. The argument of this article is that the scientific revolution, whereby the shift from a geocentric to a heliocentric model, was necessitated by the sociocultural tools and conventions developed in response to emerging intellectual thought. Before I can make my argument, I need to define the basis on which I call a tool. For the purposes of this article, a tool is called certain principles and/or instruments used to raise the basic level of intellectual thinking. Until the 15th century, because of the way in which the four faculties of the university were intellectually weighed against each other, it was very difficult for any discovery not grounded in theology to be brought to the forefront of the intellectual research. This denigration of the arts faculty would be a difficult task to overcome if the geocentric model were to be overturned and the new heliocentric model were to be validated. To complicate matters further, "other faculties [apart from theology] could not delve deeply into theological questions, but theologians could use other sciences for theological interpretations" (Course) which presents two sides seeking all two the pursuit of truth through two different paths but one reductions and guards himself for fear of being refuted. It was not until the mid-16th century that a publication...... middle of paper...... alileo's ability to play on the patron-client relationship within the legal system was essential in the acceptance of the heliocentric model allowing the progression of the scientific revolution. With the discovery of Jupiter's four moons, Galileo was presented with a discovery that needed to be known, but tactfully. It would be through the aforementioned legal system that he would do so. In doing so, the Medici court would maintain its self-referentiality by shouting that its patron had inherited the divine characteristics of Jupiter's moons. From here you can see that the court stands out as something more than other courts while science gains the support of a highly regarded social institution. This relationship between two apparently different institutions constitutes the final step in the transition from geocentric to heliocentric..