Re: [Vo]:[OT] The Bible and the Copernican Revolution

[jwinter]

On Jan 2, 2013, at 11:53 AM, Jojo Jaro wrote:
I am aware of the excesses of the catholic papa, but what did John 
Calvin do?  Please educate me.
He had the scientist Michael Servetus (who contributed enormously to 
medicine and was the first European to describe pulmonary circulation) 
put to death for "heresy".  He was also a strong supporter of biblical 
geocentricity denouncing those who "pervert the course of nature" by 
saying that "the sun does not move and that it is the earth that 
revolves and that it turns."  Quite small black marks on his reputation 
compared to the infamy of the popes of those days!