Sola Scriptura again.... :roll-laugh1:
It's not sola scriptura to follow the Church's traditional understanding of the Bible. Correct
(I have an open mind on geocentrism/heliocentrism.)
Hi Clare, your last remark here is something I have pondered on, how should one answer someone who has 'an open mind on geocentrism/heliocentrism.'
Of all the reasons for an 'open mind' on the matter is the fact that science now admits that there are two possible orders for the movements of the heavens that we can observe every day, month, year, or 600 years, a geocentric order or a heliocentric order.
This is like saying there are two truths, or two possible truths so one can keep an open mind.
If however, one is a Catholic, one who believes Jesus when he said 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life..' (John 14:6), then there cannot be two truths for a Catholic, nor two possible truths. There is only ONE truth.
God in His Providence allowed His Church to rule on this matter. Why then can a Catholic believe he can ignore this definition and consider heliocentrism is or could be THAT truth? Why chose the heretical 'truth' over the truth held by every Catholic until the sixteenth century, the order defined by the Church as the truth?
“If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not,
how shall ye believe if I tell you of heavenly things?” (John 3:12)Have a little faith and get off the fence.