Originally Posted by antelope_sniper
Originally Posted by Thunderstick
Clement of Alexandria (150-215 A.D.)

Clement was a 2nd century church father. The following is taken from his writing called The Instructor, which I’m citing from the very last page of Book III entitled To The Paedagous:
Quote:
“And when the seasons, in their circling course,
Winter and summer, spring and autumn, each
Should come, according to well-ordered plan;
Out of a confused heap who didst create
This ordered sphere, and from the shapeless mass
Of matter didst the universe adorn;--
Grant to me life, and be that life well spent,
Thy grace enjoying; let me act and speak
In all things as Thy Holy Scriptures teach”

(Ante-Nicene Christian Library, Vol.1).


Clement says the he learned from the scriptures about the sphere of the earth.



Greeks know the earth was spherical at least as early as the 5th century BC if not 100 years before that.


I didn't see you back up that assertion ... but at any rate it doesn't change the fact that Clement based his claim on scripture.