But if anyone desires to judge these things not ignorantly but with skill and knowledge, he will find that what I have undertaken is in harmony with the best authorities, and that it is in no way opposed to the holy Scriptures.
Heliocentric model of the solar system
Letter to Pope Paul III (often cited as part of the dedication of 'De Revolutionibus')
1543
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