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He was a doctor of canon law (Ferrara, 1503). He dedicated ''De revolutionibus'' to Pope Paul III. The 1616 Index objection was the moving Earth versus a literal reading of Scripture, not a charge of sun worship. | He was a doctor of canon law (Ferrara, 1503). He dedicated ''De revolutionibus'' to Pope Paul III. The 1616 Index objection was the moving Earth versus a literal reading of Scripture, not a charge of sun worship. | ||
The claim that Copernicus worshiped the Sun is treated at [[Copernicus and sun worship]]. | The claim that Copernicus worshiped the Sun is treated at [[Copernicus and sun worship]]. Phrase-by-phrase Latin and Rosen English: [[Copernicus and sun worship/I.10]]. | ||
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* [[Copernicus and sun worship]] | * [[Copernicus and sun worship]] | ||
* [[Copernicus and sun worship/I.10|I.10 phrase by phrase]] | |||
* [[Aristotle's globe arguments]] | * [[Aristotle's globe arguments]] | ||
* [[Austin Witsit]] | * [[Austin Witsit]] | ||
[[Category:Globe history]] | [[Category:Globe history]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:54, 2 September 2026
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543; Polish: Mikołaj Kopernik) was a Catholic canon of Warmia and the astronomer who argued, in De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (Nuremberg, 1543), that the Earth moves and that the planets go around the Sun.
He was a doctor of canon law (Ferrara, 1503). He dedicated De revolutionibus to Pope Paul III. The 1616 Index objection was the moving Earth versus a literal reading of Scripture, not a charge of sun worship.
The claim that Copernicus worshiped the Sun is treated at Copernicus and sun worship. Phrase-by-phrase Latin and Rosen English: Copernicus and sun worship/I.10.