So, which direction did Jesus rise? The globe is a contradiction and denies all truth.
So here we bring in the theology of Christ's ascention and heaven to support a flat earth. It restricts God to a flat-earth theology and heaven to a place that has to be above the earth.
A global earth has heaven outside the physical universe, This gives heaven an infinite demention far more fitting to an Omnipotent Maker.
As for theology and tradition, where is there a flat earth in Catholic tradition developed throughout the ages? The sacrted doctrine of geocentrism has always been global. Andrew White tells us:
'Having thus come from antiquity into the Christian world, St Clement of Alexandria demonstrated that the altar in the Jєωιѕн Tabernacle was “a symbol of the earth placed in the middle of the universe:” nothing more was needed; the geocentric theory was fully adopted by the Church and universally held to agree with the letter and spirit of Scripture.'
'Three great men mainly reared this structure. First was the unknown who gave to the world the treatises ascribed to Dionysius the Areopagite. It was unhesitatingly believed that these were the work of St Paul’s Athenian convert, and therefore virtually of St Paul himself.'
‘The next of these three great theologians was Peter Lombard, Professor at the University of Paris. About the middle of the twelfth century he gave forth his collection of Sentences, or statements by the Fathers, and this remained until the end of the Middle Ages the universal manual of theology.'
‘The great triad of thinkers culminated in St Thomas Aquinas – the sainted theologian, the glory of the mediaeval Church, the ‘Angelic Doctor,’ the most marvellous intellect; he to whom it was believed that an image of the crucified had spoken words praising his writings. '
‘Thus was the vast system developed by these three leaders of mediaeval thought; and now came the man who wrought it yet more deeply into European belief, the poet divinely inspired who made the system part of the world’s life. Pictured by Dante [in The Divine Comedy], the empyrean and the concentric heavens, paradise, purgatory, and hell, were seen by all;
‘Let us look into this vast creation – the highest achievement of theology – somewhat more closely. Its first feature shows a development out of earlier theological ideas. The earth is no longer a flat plain enclosed by four walls and solidly vaulted above, as theologians of previous centuries had believed it [sic], under the inspiration of Cosmas [Indicopleustes]; it is no longer a mere flat disk, with sun, moon, and stars hung up to give it light, as the earlier cathedral sculptors had figured it; it has become a globe at the centre of the universe.'
Then of course was the global geocentrism of St Cardinal Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621) in his 1614 book De Ascensione Mentis in Deum - The Mind’s Ascent to God by the Ladder of Created Things'
Finally an interesting revelation of a global earth: It comes from the private revelations from heaven to Sister Mary of Jesus, better known as Mary of Agreda (1602-1665). The following insights, dictated to her, she said, by the Virgin Mary herself in 1637. Her three volume work is entitled; ‘The Mystical City of God’ or ‘The Divine History and Life of the Virgin Mother of God.’ These revelations to Sister Mary, whose body lies incorrupt in the Agreda Franciscan Monastery in Spain, have received approbations from many popes throughout history as a mode of greater understanding of the Catholic faith completely in line with traditional Church teaching.
QUOTE: '…. God created the earth co-jointly with the heavens in order to call into existence hell in its centre; for, at the instant of its creation, there were left in the interior of that globe, spacious and wide cavities, suitable for hell, purgatory and limbo. And in hell was created at the same time material fire and other requisites, which now serve for the punishment of the damned.'
Global geocentrism simply doesn't work. Where is the firmament on this so-called globe? When God created the heavens and the earth, he divided the water, some above, some below with the firmament in between, as scripture so eloquently describes in Gen 1:6,7. It is later referred to as a vault, or dome. How can there be a dome over a globe? A vault over a ball? Where is the water above the firmament in this globe model? Mixed in with the vacuum of space? If the sun is indeed inside such a dome structure as scripture describes, then the dome is at least 100 million miles away in order to accommodate the distant sun? Globe earth is a constant contradiction.
Lets look at how often this is the case:
Matthew 5:37 But let your speech be yea, yea: no, no: and that which is over and above these, is of evil.
Heliocentrism and its sister theory, Globe Geocentrism have many things in common, but the one glaring fact is that they both embody imprecision, relativity, pretense and illusion. The science pew sitters are grumbling right now saying, “No! Our science is more precise!”
On a flat geocentric earth, level means level. It doesn’t mean curve that appears level but is not. Nor can measurements that seem level in relation to distance from the center of earth be called level yet actually curve. By definition, and in God’s world, level is level and a curve is a curve. Anything else is from evil.
Geocentric/Heliocentric Globe Flat Earth Geocentric EarthLevel can mean curve, depending Level is level
Curve can mean level, depending Curve is curve
Up is out toward space in every direction…
while actually down for some Up is up
Down is down to the center of ball earth at an angle…
while actually up for some Down is down
To rise is to go out in any direction toward space
…but could also mean to descend, depending To rise is to rise
Directions are always relative Can be specific
The Horizon is not horizontal but curves The Horizon IS horizontal
Vertical is often at an angle to horizontal Vertical is up, right angle to horizontal
Above is relative, depending Above is always above
Below is relative, depending Below is always below
Enables imprecise, circular reasoning Prevents dishonesty
Yes and no and is… are not absolute Yes is yes, no is no, and is is is.
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