Edited sentence: " --Martin Luther."...the whole firmament moves swiftly around, every moment thousands of leagues, which, doubtless, is done by some angel."People gave ear to an upstart astrologer who strove to show that the earth revolves, not the heavens or the firmament, the sun and the moon."Scripture simply says that the moon, the sun, and the stars were placed in the firmament of the heaven, below and above which heaven are the waters... It is likely that the stars are fastened to the firmament like globes of fire, to shed light at night... We Christians must be different from the philosophers in the way we think about the causes of things.And if some are beyond our comprehension like those before us concerning the waters above the heavens, we must believe them rather than wickedly deny them or presumptuously interpret them in conformity with our understanding.At this time, proto-scientists were called "natural philosophers", and just like theological philosophers -- "natural philosophers" were expected to reconcile their beliefs with Biblical Scripture.Biblical cosmology has roots in Hebrew cosmology, and is formed from Biblical texts originally written in languages other than English; see Bible.However, reconciliation became increasingly difficult for the philosophers of time, particularly with the rise of Copernican ideas.In early Europe, philosophies competing with the locally accepted denominations of Christianity were often dealt with brutally.Likewise, he made sincere attempts to grasp a Biblical understanding of astronomy.Martin Luther (1483–1546) began the protestant reformations with his sincere attempts to interpret the exact meanings of Biblical scripture.This fool wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy; but sacred Scripture tells us that Joshua commanded the sun to stand still, and not the earth.Whoever wishes to appear clever must devise some new system, which of all systems is of course the very best.`Tis wonderful so great a vault should go about in so short a time