The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe

by Dorothy Stimson

[37] Origen: De Principiis, Lib. I, c. 7, (XI, 171).

[38] Lactantius: Divinarum Institutionum, Lib. III, c. 3 (VI, 355).

[39] Ibid: Lib. III, c. 24, (VI, 425-428).

[40] Taylor: Mediæval Mind, I, 74.

[41] By the will of God the earth remains motionless and stands throughout the age.

[42] Augustine: De Civitate Dei, Lib. XVI, c. 9, (41, p. 437).

[43] Augustine: De Genesi, II, c. 9, (v. 34, p. 270). (White's translation).

[44] Augustine: Civitate Dei, Lib. V, c. 5, (v. 41, p. 145).

[45] Philastrius: De Hæresibus, c. 133, (v. 12, p. 1264).

[46] Pseudo-Dionysius: De Cœlesti Ierarchia, (v. 122, p. 10354).