Theories about the universe before Copernicus
Renaissance was the time of rebirth of learning and the arts where thinking is about God. Early Renaissance scientist would look to the ancient Greeks and Romans for guidance. They would accept the ideas someone who lived a long ago. Everyone at the time would believe the Geocentric Theory where Earth is the center of the universe.
Ptolemy and the Bible states that God placed the Earth and people in the at the center of the universe where great drama happens. Ptolemy believed that Earth is a stationary object and moon, sun, and planets would revolve around it in perfect circle. Since they lack scientific observation, it seems to them that everything is moving around the Earth. |