As the heavens declare thy glory, O God, and the firmament showeth thy handiwork, we bless thy Name for the gifts of knowledge and insight thou didst bestow upon Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler; and we pray that thou wouldst continue to advance our understanding of thy cosmos, for our good and for thy glory; through Jesus Christ, the firstborn of all creation, who with thee and the Holy Spirit livest and reignest, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Nicolaus Copernicus was born #OnThisDay in 1473. The publication of his book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres), in 1543, was a major event in the history of science, making a pioneering contribution to the #Scientific Revolution pic.twitter.com/F1AaNSI1dF
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