Geocentrism

The earth is the center of the universe and immovable. The sun and all the stars move around the earth.


Bible Verses:

“Let all the earth be moved at his presence: for he hath founded the world immoveable.”

1 Paralipomenon (Chronicles) 16:30 


“The Lord hath reigned, he is clothed with beauty: the Lord is clothed with strength, and hath girded himself. For he hath established the world which shall not be moved.”

Psalms 92:1 


“Say ye among the Gentiles, the Lord hath reigned. For he hath corrected the world, which shall not be moved: he will judge the people with justice.”

Psalms 95:10 


“Who hast founded the earth upon its own bases: it shall not be moved for ever and ever.”

Psalms 103:5


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Church Fathers


St. Augustine

Let not the philosophers think to upset our faith...the whole earth is suspended on nothing. For perhaps the world keeps its place by the same law that attracts to its center all heavenly bodies.

(City of God, Bk XIII, Ch 18)



St. Athanasius 

"...but the earth is not supported upon itself, but is set upon the realm of the waters, while this again is kept in its place, being bound fast at the center of the universe."



St. John Chrysostem

"...they think that the Earth turns round with them, which yet turns not, but stands firm."

(homily on Titus, III)


"...the sun with the rest of the stars, runs on his course through every day. And again,  the earth is fixed."

(Homilies to Antioch, Homily XII)



St. Basil the Great

"...the world never falls; it occupies the center of the universe, its natural place. By necessity it is obliged to remain in its place..."

 (Nine Homilies on the Hexameron, 10)


"...the earth...whilst the sun revolves around it."

(Homilies, IX)


"In the midst of the covering and veil, where the priests were allowed to enter, was situated the altar of incense, the symbol of the earth placed in the middle of the universe..."

(The Mystic Meaning of the Tabernacle, BK V, CH VI; Clement of Rome,  Stromata, Bk V)



St. Gregory of Nyssa

"This is the book of the generation...the earth and the water, holding each other in, took the middle place of the universe; while as a sort of bond and stability for the things that were made...the earth...which is firm and unyielding, by reason of its unchanging fixedness, continually augments the whirling motion of those things which revolve around it...for neither is the earth shifted from its own base..."

(On the Making of Man, 30,  1,1.)


"...the earth and its surroundings are poised in the middle, and that the motion of all the revolving bodies is round this fixed and solid center..."

(On the Soul and Resurrection)



St. Ambrose

"the sun himself has many things in common with the stars, for he travels across the heavens..."

(Expositions of the Christian Faith, Bk V, Ch II)



St. Gregory Nazianzus

"...The sun is extolled by David for its beauty, its greatness, its swift course."

(Funeral  Orations for St. Basil, 66)



St. Jerome 

"The moon may dispute over her eclipse4s...the yearly orbit of the sun."

(Against the Pelagians, Bk I, 1, 9)



Pope St. Gregory the Great ?



Authority of the Church Fathers:


Council of Trent Session IV

"Furthermore, in order to restrain petulant spirits, It decrees, that no one, relying on his own skill, shall,–in matters of faith, and of morals pertaining to the edification of Christian doctrine, –wresting the sacred Scripture to his own senses, presume to interpret the said sacred Scripture contrary to that sense which holy mother Church,–whose it is to judge of the true sense and interpretation of the holy Scriptures,–hath held and doth hold; [Page 20] or even contrary to the unanimous consent of the Fathers;"


Vatican I 

Session 2 #3: 

Likewise I accept sacred scripture according to that sense which holy mother church held and holds, since it is her right to judge of the true sense and interpretation of the holy scriptures; nor will I ever receive and interpret them except according to the unanimous consent of the fathers.

Session 3, Chapter 2 #9:

In consequence, it is not permissible for anyone to interpret holy scripture in a sense contrary to this, or indeed against the unanimous consent of the fathers.

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