Flat Earth theory did not come until after the Protestant Reformation. Pre-reformation, the "Christian intelligencia" was made up of St. Augustine, St. Aquinas, St. Anselm, and those who studied their works. Both Augustine and Aquinas believed what Aristotle said about science, and Aristotle said the world was a sphere. Even in the beginning of the reformation, Luther and Calvin both accepted Aristotle. But, about a century after the reformation, Protestants started using the Bible as a scientific text, and some decided that the Earth must be flat.
Thank you! I was skimming through to see if anyone had posted on this. Aristotle said the Earth was round, so that is what the Church taught. (Though he underestimated the size of the Earth, at least he knew its shape.) When will people give earlier eras the credit they deserve?
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Flat Earth theory did not come until after the Protestant Reformation. Pre-reformation, the "Christian intelligencia" was made up of St. Augustine, St. Aquinas, St. Anselm, and those who studied their works. Both Augustine and Aquinas believed what Aristotle said about science, and Aristotle said the world was a sphere. Even in the beginning of the reformation, Luther and Calvin both accepted Aristotle. But, about a century after the reformation, Protestants started using the Bible as a scientific text, and some decided that the Earth must be flat.
Thank you! I was skimming through to see if anyone had posted on this. Aristotle said the Earth was round, so that is what the Church taught. (Though he underestimated the size of the Earth, at least he knew its shape.) When will people give earlier eras the credit they deserve?