“People gave an ear to an upstart astrologer who strove to show that the earth revolves, not the…sun and the moon. Whoever wishes to appear clever must devise some new system, which of all systems is the

“People gave an ear to an upstart astrologer who strove to show that the earth revolves, not the…sun and the moon. Whoever wishes to appear clever must devise some new system, which of all systems is the absolute best. This fool wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy; but sacred Scripture tells us that Joshua commanded the sun to stand still, not the earth.”

~Martin Luther, 1539

Citing evidence from the text, does Luther support the findings of men like Copernicus and Galileo, why or why not?

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