Do you know any Christian who believes in geocentricity?
Nicolaus Copernicus portrait from Town Hall in Thorn/Toruń - 1580) Esperanto: Nikolao Koperniko (Portreto el Toruń - 1580) Polski: Mikołaj Kopernik (portret z Sali Mieszczańskiej w Ratuszu Staromiejskim w Toruniu - 1580 r.) Français : Nicolas Copernic, portrait exposé au musée de Toruń (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The church's understanding of special revelation had been corrected by students of natural revelation, in terms of new astronomical ideas in the sixteenth century. Both Calvin and Luther rejected Copernicus as a heretic in the 16th century. I don't know anybody in orthodox Christianity today who's pleading for geocentricity . Do you? In that case the church has said, "Look, we misinterpreted the teaching of the Bible with respect to the solar system, and thank you scientists for correcting our misunderstanding. We can learn from nonbelieving scientists who are studying natural revelation. They may get a better sense of the truth from their study