APOCRYPHA

I ESDRAS

Chap. IV -Verse 34

...great is the earth,

high is the heaven,

swift is the sun in his course,

for he compasseth [circles]

the heavens round about

and fetcheth [returns with]

his course again

to his own place in one day.

   Note: The Roman Catholic Church includes the New Testament sized Apocrypha in with the Old and New Testaments as an equal part of Scripture.  The Protestants do not count the Apocrypha as being canonical because it contradicts certain Old and New Testament teachings.  On this subject (a geocentric earth with the sun going round) the Apocrypha confirms the teaching of both Testaments....

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