Copernican Revolution

Gordon Simons (simons@stat.unc.edu)
Fri, 7 Jul 1995 13:47:26 -0400 (EDT)

In his interesting recent posting on the Copernican Revolution, David Tyler
wrote:

"I venture to suggest also that Copernicanism was of great importance in
the development of biblical hermeneutics: people recognised that the Bible
used the language of appearance (rather than using technical terminology).
This was beginning to be taught at the Reformation (eg by Calvin - even
though he was a geocentrist) - but Copernicanism provided a very clear
example of the principle."

I, for one, would be interested in a more expanded commentary on this
point. For a starter: What is the "language of appearance?"

Gordie