The Reformer’s Ptolemaic Cosmology: An Example from John Calvin’s Commentary on Genesis 1 (March 15, 2019)

John Calvin, Martin Luther and the other sixteenth century reformers held to a Ptolemaic cosmology, which placed the earth at the center of the universe, surrounded by about a dozen celestial spheres. The innermost spheres closest to earth correspond to the four elements (earth, water, air, and fire). The heaviest […]

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