Article ID: CBB550387297

The challenged Harmony Byzantine Dispute over the Form of the Universe (2017)

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Throughout the whole Byzantine era, we witness the coexistence of the spherical conception of the universe (which has its roots in ancient science) and the pattern of tabernacle based on the Holy Writ. Only once, in the 6th century, the opposite views became a subject for a dispute, but even then rather as a part of a broader theological controversy. Since that time, the two conceptions survived in different cultural milieus and thence had no point of intersection. In the 12th century, Michael Glycas approached the issue. By proving that the universe has a shape of a sphere, he tried to make scholarly knowledge available to a general public. In doing so, he even dared to come into contradiction with John Chrysostom himself.

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Authors & Contributors
Sorokina, Maria
Gingerich, Owen
Petroff, Valery V.
Enrico Peroli
Clelia Vittoria Crialesi
Andersen, Peter
Concepts
Cosmology
Science and religion
Theology
Universe
Astronomy
Natural philosophy
Time Periods
Medieval
13th century
Early modern
17th century
16th century
Renaissance
Places
Europe
Mediterranean region
Italy
Denmark
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