Author Topic: The Church censors flat earth criticism (Read 5845 times)

Jaynek · « **Reply #20 on:** October 14, 2018, 09:33:27 PM »

Quote from: happenby on October 14, 2018, 09:15:45 PM

The veil St. Basil speaks of is the firmament, a tell-tale staple in the geocentric flat earth and otherwise excluded in the globe models, but Basil's statement also reveals his understanding of the typology regarding the veil of the tabernacle and earth being a macrocosm of the house of God as Basil, Cosmas and Severian teach, earth is like a two story house with heaven being the upper story, the firmament dividing as a veil with the earth below that.

St. Basil did not make the statement that you are attributing to him. It was by Clement of Alexandria, the actual author of The Mystic Meaning of the Tabernacle. Although using that quote as a support for flat earth doesn't make much sense whoever said it.
https://biblehub.com/library/clement/the_stromata_or_miscellanies/chapter_vi_the_mystic_meaning_of.htm

happenby · « **Reply #21 on:** October 14, 2018, 09:34:24 PM »

Nice to have you back, Jaynek

happenby · « **Reply #22 on:** October 14, 2018, 09:41:15 PM »

Quote from: Jaynek on October 14, 2018, 09:33:27 PM

St. Basil did not make the statement that you are attributing to him. It was by Clement of Alexandria, the actual author of The Mystic Meaning of the Tabernacle. Although using that quote as a support for flat earth doesn't make much sense whoever said it.
https://biblehub.com/library/clement/the_stromata_or_miscellanies/chapter_vi_the_mystic_meaning_of.htm

Both believed the same thing, (as all the Fathers did) and both are quoting that same belief. The language of the Fathers who taught flat earth teach the literal interpretation of Scripture never to describe a globe. Their concepts and phrasing are all necessarily flat earth revealing and often flat out deny the possibility of earth being a globe. But then, the indoctrinated never see through the veil because they do not listen to the Fathers, Scripture or consider the Church's previous actions against the pagan sorcerers promoting the globe, but prefer the modern version of global atheism and evolution that NASA promotes.

Jaynek · « **Reply #23 on:** October 14, 2018, 09:46:10 PM »

Quote from: happenby on October 14, 2018, 09:32:12 PM

If Jerusalem is at the center of the earth and earth is a globe, then Jerusalem is at the core of a molten iron ball earth along with modern placement of hell. Even to the most ignorant of people it becomes obvious that Jerusalem being at the center of the world means earth cannot possibly be a globe.

Here is the explanation of what Dante meant when he said that Jerusalem was the centre of the earth.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2016/07/18/the-geological-features-that-inspired-hell-in-dantes-divine-comedy/#14e50a337279

Dante imagined Hell like an inverted cone, with its circles gradually becoming smaller nearer to Earth's core. Each circle was dedicated to a sin and the sin's related punishment. This image is based on calculations of Greek philosophers, like Eratosthenes of Cyrene or Claudius Ptolemy, who argued that Earth is a sphere. Hell, as part of earth, would have to be cone-shaped. Dante even gives an exact value of Earth's radius of 3,250 miles (it's actually 3,959 miles).

The cone, according to Dante, formed when Lucifer, the fallen angel, fell to Earth. The impact of the Fall was so great that it even reshaped Earth's surface. Continents were uplifted on the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere lowered and was covered by the sea (Dante didn't know about Australia and Antarctica).
In Dante's writing, only Mount Purgatory can be found in the south. Purgatory, together with the holy city of Jerusalem, forms an axis passing through Earth, with Lucifer's belly as center of Earth and the universe. This is an allegoric image, showing Lucifer is damned as far as possible away from the sun and the divine light.

Jaynek · « **Reply #24 on:** October 14, 2018, 09:49:44 PM »

Quote from: happenby on October 14, 2018, 09:41:15 PM

Both believed the same thing, (as all the Fathers did) and both are quoting that same belief.

You have not yet given any evidence to support your assertion that St. Basil believed this.

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