Nicolaus Copernicus — "So, since there are many places in the Sacred Scriptures where the sun is mentio…"

So, since there are many places in the Sacred Scriptures where the sun is mentioned as moving, and the earth as standing still, these people will hold that I have contradicted the Holy Scriptures.
Nicolaus Copernicus — Nicolaus Copernicus Early Modern · Heliocentric model of the solar system

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This is a summary of the arguments he anticipated, not his direct belief or statement. He was aware of the potential conflict.

Date: 1543

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