Hello, Catholic brothers. I’ve written an article to refute the myth that Columbus proved the Earth was round and that the Church defended it was flat and persecuted those who say otherwise.
As you can read in my article, historians of science denies all of that. Actually, there was not a single known scholar in Columbus’s days that denied the spherecity of the Earth and the Church has never stated anything about that. Also, most scholars since the Greeks knew the Earth was round and even its circumference.
Unfortunetally, this myth, despite dead in the scholarly world, still is popular everywhere else. Even Brazilian and American school teachers repeat it (there are some crazy examples
in the article).
Hope you all enjoy it.