Note 13 — INTRODUCTION.
Hugh J. C. Beavan translation
“The doctrine attributed to Copernicus,” said the declaration made by the Pope, and published by the Holy Office, “that the earth moves round the sun, and that the sun remains motionless in the centre of the world without moving either to the east or to the west, is contrary to Holy Scripture, and consequently, can neither be professed nor defended.”—Biot, La vérité sur le Procès de Galilée, in the Journal des Savants, July 1858, p. 401.