Again, has the Church ever officially declared the Earth is flat? While I do not believe the Church has ever declared the Earth is flat, I am interested in any reference to the contrary.
Scripture, Church Fathers, Pope Alexander VII and a myriad of saints have weighed in on the geocentric/heliocentric question. Not even one saintly or authoritative Father or Doctor or saint has taught otherwise. The geocentric system is necessarily a flat earth cosmology. There is plenty of proof on which side the Catholic Church sits, especially since She officially condemned heliocentrism during the Galileo Affair. The only people who ever promoted heliocentric round earth throughout the centuries were pagans and their heliocentric model cannot be believed--official Church teaching. And the kicker is, there is no scientific proof for a round heliocentric earth/cosmology. All scientific proof shows earth is flat and stationary and that the sun, moon and stars revolve around it under the firmament. The Church doesn't have to officially say "earth is flat" in order for Catholics to know its flat, with a dome, bound to the heavens like a block of stone, set on pillars, with four corners, at the bottom of the universe, like a footstool for God, with a face, never to be moved, as scripture describes. Just like the people waited until the 19th century to hear the words officially from the Church that Mary was immaculately conceived, they will have to wait for the "official" statement that earth is flat. However, the proof is there for those who want to know. Further, because the damage from pagan cosmology promotes evolution, a Godless creation, false science, relativism, atheism, imprecision and lies, there is no reason to hold such a theory.