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sink into the sea when sailing away, and to rise up out of the sea when sailing towards the land-based
observers.

Ship Disappearing Over Horizon

Among the early Christian church fathers, the prevailing view was of the sphericity of the Earth. Men
such as Basil of Caesarea, Ambrose, and Augustine of Hippo revealed a belief in a spherical Earth
in their writings. There were some literalists, however, who held to a flat-Earth view due to their
failure to properly discern when figurative language was being used in the Bible. As presented in
Klaus Anselm Vogel’s doctrinal dissertation Spherical Earth - The medieval image of the Earth and
the revolving cosmos, the flat-Earth view held among a segment of the church during the early
th
centuries of Christianity largely disappeared during the 7 century. Vogel wrote that from the 8 th
century, “no cosmographer worthy of note has called into question the sphericity of the Earth.”

Erdapfel 1492

The globe in the image above is believed to be the oldest surviving model of the globe. It was created
by the German mariner Martin Behaim in the year 1492. As you can see, mariners at the time of
Columbus’ voyage had no illusions about sailing off the edge of a flat Earth.

Brothers and sisters, this information refutes a key plank advanced by many of the flat-Earthers.
Many contend that the spherical Earth worldview is a relatively recent model set forth by deceivers,