 | Frederic William Farrar - 1886 - 818 стор.
...antipodes ; and the Spanish theologians that there could be a western hemisphere. " Who," asks Calvin, " will venture to place the authority of Copernicus above that of the Holy Spirit ? " " Newton's discoveries," said the Puritan John Owen, " are against evident testimonies of Scripture."... | |
 | Andrew Dickson White - 1922 - 450 стор.
...clinched the matter by the usual reference to the first verse of the ninety-third Psalm, and asked, " Who will venture to place the authority of Copernicus...moon move about the earth, which stands still in the centre. In England we see similar theological efforts, even after they had become evidentlyTutile.... | |
 | William Jay Youmans - 1896 - 898 стор.
...still, and not the earth." Melauchthon argued in the same strain, and Calvin asked who would dare " to place the authority of Copernicus above that of the Holy Spirit ? " In many universities, we are told, as late as the end of the seventeenth century, " professors... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1897 - 388 стор.
...inconsistent with ' He hath made the round world so fast that it cannot be moved ' ? ' Who,' he asked, ' will venture to place the authority of Copernicus above that of the Holy Spirit ? ' And did not even John Wesley reject the system of Copernicus because he declared it to be incompatible... | |
 | William Jay Youmans - 1899 - 930 стор.
...and to acquiesce in it is the part of a good mind," said Melanchthon in condemning Copernicus. "Who will venture to place the authority of Copernicus above that of the Holy Spirit t " said Calvin. Verily, his unpardonable sin was " investigating the truths which are distinctly taught... | |
 | John Bailey Adger - 1899 - 710 стор.
...earth is not the centre around which sun and stars revolve, citing the scripture and demanding, "Who will venture to place the authority of Copernicus above that of the Holy Spirit ?" It is a sorrowful tale of poor Galileo. His telescope revealed to him the phases of Venus, and he... | |
 | George Burman Foster - 1906 - 544 стор.
...light. John Calvin proved to his own satisfaction, and that of many followers, from the Scriptures "that the heavens, sun, and moon move about the earth, which stands still in the center." The Copernican system was condemned by the famous John Owen, a great Puritan leader, who referred to... | |
 | 1906 - 428 стор.
...Fromundus of Antwerp, the Bishop of Fiesole, Martin Luther, Melanchthon, John Calvin (who said, "Who will venture to place the authority of Copernicus above that of the Holy Spirit?") and John Wesley (who declared the new ideas to "tend toward infidelity"). Apropos of Dr. Walsh's statement... | |
 | Robert Mark Wenley - 1909 - 400 стор.
...o'clock in the morning, had essential bearing on the spiritual life. It was asked, cynically, "Who will venture to place the authority of Copernicus above that of the Holy Spirit?" Geology suffered judgement as "an awful invasion of the testimony of revelation." It was maintained,... | |
 | William Albert Hinckle - 1910 - 176 стор.
...Ninety-third Psalm, which reads: "The earth also is established that it cannot be moved," and he said: "Who will venture to place the authority of Copernicus above that of the Holy Spirit?" Even John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, said that this new discovery tended to infidelity. However,... | |
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... wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy; but sacred Scripture tells us that Joshua commanded the sun to stand still, and not the earth. 
