[[Augustine]] wrote that too much learning had been expended speculating on the nature of the firmament.<ref name="Grant">Grant, Edward, ''Planets, stars, and orbs: the medieval cosmos, 1200-1687''. p. 335.</ref> [[John Calvin]] proposed that firmament be interpreted as clouds. But he did not commit himself to this explanation: "As it became a theologian, [Moses] had to respect ''us'' rather than the stars."<ref name="Calvin">Calvin, comment on verse 1:15.</ref> | [[Augustine]] wrote that too much learning had been expended speculating on the nature of the firmament.<ref name="Grant">Grant, Edward, ''Planets, stars, and orbs: the medieval cosmos, 1200-1687''. p. 335.</ref> [[John Calvin]] proposed that firmament be interpreted as clouds. But he did not commit himself to this explanation: "As it became a theologian, [Moses] had to respect ''us'' rather than the stars."<ref name="Calvin">Calvin, comment on verse 1:15.</ref> |