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Happenby, you really lose a lot of integrity with me when you jump to conclusions.  No matter how bad you want something to be, a good scientist/detective lets the facts lead him to the answer.  Now you have plenty of facts, but if you are missing some pieces of evidence which connect fact A to fact C, you can't ASSUME fact B supports your theory.  Philosophers can do this, but not scientists.  If you don't have evidence for fact B (even if logic would assume it exists) you must WAIT for fact B to surface.  If you do not wait, then you are not following the scientific method, therefore you should not be preaching and writing books about science.

If Scripture says earth is flat, it's true. If flat earth is based on Scripture, it's a teaching. If the Fathers taught it, based on Scripture, it's a teaching. If the contrary pagan theory was condemned by the Church, we can know what our world is not. If empirical science proves flat earth and it doesn't contradict Scripture or the Church, it's a logical conclusion it must be true. If all aspects of flat earth, spiritual, scientific, logical, physical, and natural agree on flat earth, it must be true. And if true, it's a teaching. Because Christ is truth. When collected together, proofs continue to line up with flat earth and do not line up with the past or present teaching that earth is a moving globe. Although the ifs remain, and are not absolutely proven, we can still conclude we are on the track of Catholic teaching. It would be error to say that if it's true, but not a specifically stated dogma, it cannot be Catholic teaching. Because Christ is truth.