HUh, I see people and holy figures as the same importance now!
Henry VIII took over the Church and creating his own which led to many fights between church leaders and Catholics in splitting Europe into North and South. Catholics in the South, Protestants in the North.
Galileo arguing with the Church about his teachings about the universe. He argued that the planets and stars were moving and that they were not unmoving objects in space. After this, the Church started to see and deny, new ideas about the world around them and started to understand and change their views on the universe.