Reseña del editor
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861. Excerpt: ... and that he had not really seen the Stars he spoke of. Others scoffed at the notion of his seeing them, as if such a thing were even possible. One person, who thought himself very wise, argued in this way: 'There are only seven openings in the head,' he said; 'there are only seven metals, (as people then thought); there are only seven days in the week; and so there cannot be more than seven Planets;'--by which he meant the seven Planets of Ptolemy's system, namely, the Sun and Moon, and the five Planets, known to the ancients, and visible to the naked eye. Another refused to look into the tube, lest he should be obliged to see the new Moons, and confess that they were there. 40. At thattime, Galileo himself, who was a teacher of philosophy, had been teaching all along the system of Ptolemy, which was then believed by most people to be true. He had long had great doubts upon the subject, and had begun to see that the system of Copernicus was very possibly the true one. But, perhaps, he did not as yet feel so sure about it, as to be ready boldly to assert that the Earth went round the Sun. As time passed on, however, he became more and more certain of the truth of the views of Copernicus, and wrote books, in which he said freely what he thought about this and other matters, and ran no small risk in doing so. For, in those days, it was thought a matter of religion to believe that the Earth stood still, and that the Sun went round it, because the Bible said so. The Bible said, that 'God had made the round world so fast that it cannot be moved.' Therefore, it was said, it must be true that the Earth stands still. 'A man must not dare to oppose the Bible.' You will not forget, 1 hope, what you have been told, that the Bible was not given to make us wise in matt...
Biografía del autor
John William Colenso was consecrated the first Bishop of Natal on 30th November 1853 and died at Bishopstowe in 1883. The publication of this Commentary on Romans in 1861 sparked a controversy over the legitimate lengths to which the Church could go in accommodating itself to African culture, with major consequences for church and society in South Africa. This remarkable book is now made available again in the hope that Colenso's courageous engagement with African culture may resonate with and inspire contemporary work on enculturation of the gospel.
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