Great job, happenby!
I wish someone would compile a book with all pertinent quotes from the Church Fathers regarding this topic. What you have presented is excellent!! All the quotes presented seem very much more in line with how you see it, I am not sure why there is so much debate on this topic. What the Church believed universally, and based on Scripture, is far more to be believed than all the science of today, which, in my opinion, is spinning on its own axis! Thank you so much! Wish this topic would have continued! Please post any more quotes you are aware of, I am really enjoying this. I am sorry for some of the comments, the one opposing commenter didn't usually come up with many points. It is interesting how much the scientism of today has really left us scoffers when it comes to early Church thought on these matters. But the Church Fathers weren't dumbbells. They commented with certainty about the earth , not based on scientific inquiries, but because they understood Scripture spoke definitively on the subject. The one comment about uranium was particularly distasteful. It completely misses the point that the Church Fathers were only quoting with authority concerning Scripture itself, and that was their forte, and their specific grace from God. I would rather be caught dead than scoff at that. Thank you again, happenby! Whether or not people agree with you, it is disappointing some are actually ridiculing you. However, I am sure you take no notice of such things. You obviously are simply trying to adhere strictly to proper Church thought, which is what all Catholics are bound to do. And you have provided many thought provoking quotes. Keep up the good work!! And may Our Lady lead us to the fullness of Truth in Her Son Jesus!!