I have been reading two books recently
The Territories of Science and Religion by Peter Harrison
The Discarded Image by C.S. Lewis
I hope to delve into them in more details on this blog but some interesting things I have learned.
First the majority of people in the middle ages did not believe in a flat earth. Just as there is today people who believe in a flat earth so was there in the middle ages. For some reason these few people's opinions have come to be understood to be the opinion of the day.
Because of the appearance of a earth centered model of the universe it would appear that the people of the middle ages thought they were important. But on the contrary they understood themselves to be on the outer fringes. Not important at all.
Our model of the universe is mostly empty. The middle ages was full of life. Spirits and Demons and didn't have the feeling they were alone at all.
God teach us to learn from you
God help us to listen to you
God help us to love one another
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