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The Church Fathers and the Flat Earth
The Church Fathers were almost unanimous in their opinion that the earth was flat. Here we provide the citations to back that up.
Lactentius
"They thought that the world is round like a ball, ...consistently persevere in their folly, and defend one vain
thing by another" Divine Institutes - Chapter 24
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St. John Chrysostom
“Where are those who say that the heaven is in motion? Where are those who think it is spherical? For both these opinions are here swept away.” Commentary on the Hebrews 8:1
St. Jerome
"There are some who assert that this mass is like a point and globe...What, then, will the land be over ...?"" Commentary on Isaiah
St. Methodius
For its outline being spherical, it is necessary, they say...Now certainly the wretched ones were overwhelmed in the chaos of error - Discourse of the Ten Virgins, chapter 14, discourse 8
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