Was Mendel's work rejected because of the church?

The Church never interfered in Mendel’s activities. Actually Mendel’s work was rejected, at first, in the scientific community proper, and was not widely accepted until after he died. read more

Mendel, in contrast, rejected both, the inheritance of acquired characters as well as evolution. The laws discovered by him were understood to be the laws of constant elements for a great but finite variation, not only for culture varieties but also for species in the wild (Mendel 1866, pp. 36, 46, 47). read more

Gregor Johann Mendel was born on July 20th, 1822 in the Austrian Empire, now the Czech Republic. He was an Augustinian friar of the Catholic church and a scientist. He eventually became the abbot of St. Thomas' Abbey, after which his scientific work decreased due to increasing administrative responsibilities. read more