The Eight Theses of Giordano Bruno: Point 5, Earth in Motion
The fifth point, out of eight, brought against Giordano Bruno concerns the movement of the earth: 5) The idea of terrestrial movement, which according to Bruno, did not oppose the Holy Scriptures, which were popularized for the faithful and did not apply to scientists. Basically, the Church refused to accept the assertion that the earth was in motion. The Ptolemaic model said the earth was motionless and that all the other spheres moved around it. They reasoned that, since…