All of you are interpreting "sphere" to mean what you want it to mean.  St Bede did not describe it as concretely as you imagine.  These 2 images also fit into his description.  Again, when one view the world FROM THE SIDE VIEW (i.e. horizontally), this also looks like a sphere.

I heard Dr. Marshall mention this passage from Isaias while listening to his (good) video on the location of Hell. He made it in passing reference to his opinion that the earth is a globe, and not flat. And, from a cursory search at least, it is the only passage in the Douay-Rheims that uses the word "globe" in reference to the earth

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Isaias 40:22:

It is he that sitteth upon the globe of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as locusts: he that stretcheth out the heavens as nothing, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.

Qui sedet super gyrum terrae, et habitatores ejus sunt quasi locustae; qui extendit velut nihilum caelos, et expandit eos sicut tabernaculum ad inhabitandum;

Interestingly enough, though, while the translation selected globe for gyrum; gyrum itself is defined as meaning "circle, ring; circuit; course; circular course for training horses" Which does not necessitate "globe" in the modern understanding of spherical geometry. And, given how the FE model establishes the sun and moon as running a circuit of sorts over the planar earth, it is still possible to view this within the position of FE. It undoubtedly solidifies the position of the earth as the center of the universe, wherein all the stars and planets orbit it in a circuit or course.

And interestingly enough, many of the Protestant translations take "gyrum" as "circuit" or "circle". And this seems to stem from the Hebrew word ח֝֗וּג "ḥūḡ", which is translated to mean "a circle".

We can further see a declension of the word "gyrus", as "gyro" utilized in Proverbs 8:27:

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When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law and compass he enclosed the depths:

Quando praeparabat caelos, aderam; quando certa lege et gyro vallabat abyssos;

Which is speaking of the glory of the creation of the world by God. The English Dictionary has one definition of "compass" as such: "a passing round; circuit". And in the Hebrew it utilizes the sameword ח֝֗וּג "ḥūḡ", which, again, means "a circle".

Does this prove the Biblical FE model? Not necessarily, as a "globe" could still be defined as a planar land mass enclosed within a spherical firmament.

I suppose it depends upon whether Bede or St. Augustine utilize the Latin word "gyro" or "gyrum" in their original texts. As this term is often modernized to correspond to the current conception of the world.

It appears with this wind farm, you can't "simply zoom in on them to bring them back into full view".



And here's one of those "long-distance" photos that "proves" the earth is flat. Watch to the end.

Still, the only consistency is the use of the word "sphere".  It's not been proven that the definition of sphere is the same.

I looked up the definition of the word sphere and got: A three-dimensional surface, all points of which are equidistant from a fixed point. This is exactly what I understand the word to mean. I have never heard anyone use that word with any different meaning.