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Re: St. Augustine believed the earth is a sphere
« Reply #150 on: May 30, 2018, 07:20:11 PM »
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  • Cosmas and Enoch are not authorities, godly or otherwise.  They aren't bishops or Saints or Church Fathers.  Enoch wasn't even a Christian, since he lived before the time of Christ.  They are just some people who wrote down their ideas. There is no reason to give them precedence over anyone else.

    Very little is known about Cosmas.  Many scholars think he was a Nestorian.  And virtually nothing is known about the author of the apocryphal Book of Enoch, other than the time period in which he wrote.  It was not the Enoch mentioned in Scripture.

    Practically every heresy that has ever existed was based on misinterpreting Scripture so I am not going to automatically accept claims just because there are some Scripture quotes thrown into them.  I test everything against Church teaching and physical reality.  This is not a disregard for Scripture but basic prudence.  

    When it comes to the shape of the earth, there are pagan authors who measure up better than Cosmas and Enoch.
    History says otherwise.

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    Re: St. Augustine believed the earth is a sphere
    « Reply #151 on: May 30, 2018, 07:22:46 PM »
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  • Wow! The link she gave, other than the short direct quote, did not say anything like what she implied was there.  There was nothing in that article to back up her claims about sorcery or anything else.  It was very positive about him:

    I thought this was especially important:
    Copernicus' life is everywhere on the Internet and the sites that support the globe leave the bad stuff out.  Neutral sites don't.  So, whatever you think you found is incomplete. 


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    Re: St. Augustine believed the earth is a sphere
    « Reply #152 on: May 30, 2018, 07:28:49 PM »
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  • The source is a tourist attraction which publishes this LEGEND on their website to make it seem more romantic.

    https://gotykhouse.eu/en/the-legend-of-anne-schilling/

    It does not even pretend to be history.  But apparently it does not matter if there is no good reason to think it is true if it blackens the name of Copernicus.  
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    Wait a minute. You mean the infallible happenby has sourced her material from a non-Catholic website? -- Impossible!

    .. That would make her a liar ..                       
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