Calov: "The earth is fixed, not that it should be moved…", against Copernicanism

    I ran across this quote while translating the 3 volumes of the Baier-Walther Compendium and had to highlight it as another important Lutheran testimony not just against Copernicanism, but for Holy Scripture. It comes from the writings of the well known Lutheran theologian Abraham Calov. This quote is from volume 2, page 86, translated from the Latin by DeepL, italics in original:

"The earth is fixed, not that it should be moved, either in a circle or by any other means, much less that it should define the seasons by its own motion, which is the office given to the luminaries, but that it should stand firm and immovable. ‘He established the earth upon its foundations; it shall never be moved,’ Ps. 104:5. Although the earth is drawn from the waters and is washed by the waves of water that surround it and tower over it, it is nevertheless founded by divine power so that at no time, until the last day, can it be moved from its place as a whole. Cf. Job 26:7; 38:6-7; Eccl. 1:11. Therefore the Holy Scriptures oppose those who make the planet of the earth, or who constitute the earth as mobile, whether by ascribing to it both daily and annual motion, or either motion, along with Copernicus, Kepler, and Lansberg." (Syst. T. III. art. 5. c. 2. p. 952.)

There are other testimonies along with this one and the reader may want to explore them. — I plan to publish my own machine translations of the 3 volumes of the Baier-Walther Compendium soon. Watch for them.