Does Isaiah 40:22 prove a spherical spinning earth?

No. Here's what the church fathers say...

THE HEAVENS HELP TO EXPLAIN THE NATURE OF THE EARTH. BASIL THE GREAT: “He that stretches out the heavens as a vaulted ceiling.” These same thoughts, let us also recommend to ourselves concerning the earth, not to be curious about what its substance is; or to wear ourselves out by reasoning, seeking its very foundation; or to search for some nature destitute of qualities, existing without quality of itself; but to realize well that all that is seen around it is related to the reason of its existence, forming an essential part of its substance. HOMILIES ON THE HEXAMERON 1.8. 13

THE TENT’S FLOOR IS THE EARTH, ITS ROOF IS THE SKY. THEODORET OF CYR: It is he, [Isaiah] says, who has caused the earth to appear; it is he who holds it in his hand and who directs it. As for human beings, they are no different from grasshoppers if one compares them with divine power. Then [Isaiah] teaches that God is not only the Maker of the earth but also the Creator of the heavens: “He that set up the heaven as a chamber and stretched it out as a tent to dwell in.” For since the earth is like the ground floor of a house and the sky simulates a roof in the form of an arch and dome, [Isaiah] has aptly compared it with a tent. And after having shown us the God of the universe as Creator, the prophetic text indicates to us his ineffable providence. COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 12.40.22. 14

GOD’S EASE IN MAKING CREATION. CHRYSOSTOM: When he spoke of the heavens, Isaiah said, “It is he who set up the heaven as a vaulted chamber and stretched it out as a tent over the earth.” And he said of the earth, “It is he that comprehends the circle of the earth and made the earth as if it were nothing,” even though the earth is so great and vast. . . . Despite the fact that the earth is so great and so vast, God made it with such ease that the prophet could find no fitting example. So he said that God made the earth “as if it were nothing.” AGAINST THE ANOMOEANS, HOMILY 2.24-25. 15

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#SpaceIsFake

Metropolitan Dionysius of Transylvania and his support for the Nazi regime in Steven Miner's book "The Orthodox Church and the Holocaust."

According to Miner, Dionysius of Transylvania declared in 1940:

"National Socialism is the only system that can protect Romania from the Jewish and communist threat."

(Source: Miner, Steven. "The Orthodox Church and the Holocaust." Indiana University Press, 2015, p. 134)
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St. Maximus the Confessor said: “Even if the whole universe holds communion with the [heretical] patriarch, I will not communicate with him. For I know from the writings of the holy Apostle Paul: the Holy Spirit declares that even the angels would be anathema if they should begin to preach another Gospel, introducing some new teaching.” (The Life of St. Maximus the Confessor)
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*▪️ Joseph, *Patriarch of Constantinople – He initially strongly opposed the council's locale, which was to have been in Constantinople, but capitulated due to weakness and age. He died mysterious in June before the documents were to be signed, but managed “supposedly” to have made all the necessary concessions to the Pope, as within his authority and dignity, in a letter left written two days before the request by the Pope was even made.
"To the other afflictions which the Orthodox delegation suffered in Florence were added the death of Patriarch Joseph of Constantinople. The Patriarch was found dead in his room.
"On the table lay (supposedly) his testament, Extrema Sententia, consisting in all of some lines in which he declared that he accepted everything that the Church of Rome confessed. And then: "In like manner I acknowledge the Holy Father of Fathers, the Supreme Pontiff and Vicar of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Pope of Old Rome. Likewise, I acknowledge purgatory. In affirmation of this, I affix my signature."
"There is no doubt whatever that Patriarch Joseph did not write this document. The German scholar Frommann, who made a detailed investigation of the "Testament" of Patriarch Joseph," said: "This document is so Latinized and corresponds so little to the opinion expressed by the Patriarch several days before, that its spuriousness is evident. "The Testament" appeared in the history of the Council of Florence quite late; contemporaries of the Council knew nothing of it." OrthodoxInfo
The Patriarch was buried in the cemetery of a Dominican Church dedicated the Theotokos.

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"A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him saying,
'You are mad, you are not like us."
St. Anthony the Great
The Sayings of the Desert Fathers.

"Having called these false teachers "deceivers and antichrists," the apostle forbids her to accept them into her house or even to greet them, clearly because whoever becomes friendly with a false teacher subjects himself to the danger of being affected by his heresy. This unusual strictness of the "Apostle of love" is striking and so contrary to the modern idea of ecumenism that hopes for closer cooperation with the heterodox for the sake of
'mutual understanding.

- Archbishop Averky (Taushev), Holy Trinity Monastery, Jordanville

“The clergy in the last years will become an instrument of the Antichrist. They will teach blind obedience as a virtue of peace and salvation. A satanic obedience, which will require from the believer ‘ignorance’ and contempt for the teachings of the Saints and indifference to the truth and superficial piety.” — St. Niphon, Bishop of Constantia on the island of Cyprus (4th Century)

"If your bishop be heretical, flee, flee, flee as from fire and
a
serpent"
(Saint
John
Chrysostom).

"If thy bishop should teach anything outside of the appointed order, even if he lives in chastity, or if he works signs, or if he prophesizes, let him be unto thee as a wolf in sheep's clothing, for he works the destruction of souls"
(Saint
Ignatius).

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It is rather Moscow, at the bidding of its Communist masters, which tries to use canons to have the Synod condemned, to crush those few who protest in the USSR, etc.-
• in feet, if there are Pharisees in Orthodoxy today, it is surely the Moscow leaders and no one else, who are consciously destroying the Church and at the same time using the Church's laws to do it
⁃ fr seraphim rose letter 40 1970

"IF EVERY ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN
IS COMMANDED BY
THE CANONS TO DEPART FROM A
HERETICAL BISHOP
EVEN BEFORE HE IS OFFICIALLY CONDEMNED, OR BE GUILTY ALSO OF HIS HERESY, HOW MUCH MORE MUST WE DEPART FROM THOSE WHO ARE WORSE AND MORE UNFORTUNATE THAN HERETICS, BECAUSE THEY OPENLY SERVE THE CAUSE OF ANTICHRIST?" FATHER SERAPHIM ROSE, LETTER
40, 1970.

"Do you know the whole story, from 1927 to today, of the Catacomb Church and its persecution by the Soviet ( Secret Police according to indications given by the Moscow hierarchs? Your Metropolia (OCA) now supports this
• persecution by its support of the Patriarchate, and when your bishops appear in the Soviet Union as honored guests of the Patriarchate, the faith of every Catacomb Christian is publicly trampled upon. Do you see, in a word
• how we are opponents of your autocephaly and protest publicly
Dislike because of sorrow in our hearts that is too deep to hold back?"
-St. Seraphim of Platina

"That the Metropolia (OCA) has taken its unequivocal stand on the side of Sergianism and against the Catacomb Church, about whose very existence the Metropolia (OCA) now would prefer not to hear? Indeed, if any word can describe the Metropolia's (OCA) present state, it is surely:
"Neo-Sergianism.
-St. Seraphim of Platina

"Let us be warned from this: the religion of the future will not be a mere cult or sect, but a powerful and profound religious orientation which will be absolutely convincing to the mind and heart of modern man."
Fr. Seraphim Rose

"HOW ARE THE FAITHFUL TO GUARD THEMSELVES AGAINST
ERROR? THE APOSTLE PAUL GIVES A SINGLE ANSWER: THEY ARE TO HOLD FAST TO THE TEACHING DELIVERED TO THEM. ThIs
ANSWER APPEARS IDENTICALLY THROUGHOUT ALL HIS EPISTLES.
HE EXHORTS THE THESSALONIANS TO HOLD FAST TO THE TRADITIONS, TO "WITHDRAW ... FROM EVERY BROTHER THAT WALKETH DISORDERLY, AND NOT AFTER THE TRADITION WHICH HE RECEIVED OF US (2 THEss. 3:6)."
SAINT HILARION TROITSKY, ON THE DOGMA OF THE CHuRcH.

"WE ARE IN FULL COMMUNION WITH THE GREEK OLD-CALENDARIST JURISDICTION OF ARCHBISHOP AUXeNtios iN ATHENs anD WITH THE CATACOMB CHURcH IN RUSSIA; WITH
OTHER JURISDICTIONS OUR RELATIONS ARE
STRAINED, AND IN SOME CASES BROKEN ALTOGETHER."
• FR. SERAPHIM ROSE, LETTER 253, 1978

«…..the Ecumenical Patriarchate...
having lost its significance as a pillar of truth and... being possessed by an exorbitant love of power represents a
pitiful spectacle."
+ SAINT JOHN OF SHANGHAI AND SAN FRANCISCO

"WITH ALL OUR STRENGTH, THEREFORE, LET US BEWARE LEST WE RECEIVE COMMUNION FROM OR GRANT IT TO HERETICS; GIVE NOT THAT WHICH IS HOLY UNTO THE DOGS, SAITH THE LORD, NEITHER CAST YE YOUR PEARLS BEFORE SWINE, LEST WE BECOME PARTAKERS IN THEIR DISHONOUR AND CONDEMNATION"
- ST JOHN OF DAMAScUS, AN EXACT EXPOSITION OF THE ORThODOX FAITH

"I AT ANY RATE, KNOWING BETTER THAN ANYONE, AS I DID, THE THOUGHTS AND THE HERESY OF THE ApolliNarians, AND SEEING THAT THEIR FOLLY WAS INTOLERABLE; YET THINKING THAT I COUlD TAME THEM BY PATIENCE AND SOFTEN THEM BY DEGREES, I LET MY HOPES MAKE ME EAGER TO ATTAIN THIS OBJECT. BUT, AS IT SEEMS, I OVERLOOKED THE FACT THAT I WAS MAKING THEM WORSE, AND INJURING THE CHURCH BY MY UNTIMELY PHILOSOPHY. FOR
GENTLENESS DOES NOT PUT BAD MEN OUT OF COUNTENANCE." - ST GREGORY OF NAZIANzUS

"With good reason the Orthodox faithful will ask: Why do we c te certain orthodox groups (Old Calendarist] bluntly and make no mention at all of a dialogue of love with them, at the same time that the Orthodox Church engages in dialogues with heretics?"-Patriarch Diodoros I (Kahudlis) of Jerusalem

#TrueOrthodoxy

DIRECT CHURCH FATHER QUOTES ON A FLAT EARTH
Augustine of Hippo:
- In "The Literal Meaning of Genesis" (Book 1, Chapter 12), Augustine states: “The earth is a flat, stationary plane, supported by the firmament, which is described as a solid dome.”

Clement of Alexandria:
- In “Stromata” (Book 6, Chapter 6), Clement mentions: “The earth is considered a flat surface, with the firmament above it stretching out like a canopy.”

Methodius of Olympus:
- In "Symposium" (Chapter 8), Methodius writes: “The earth is seen as a flat plane, with the heavens above it forming a solid dome that encloses it.”

Hippolytus of Rome:
- In "Commentary on Daniel" (Homily 9), Hippolytus refers to: “The earth as a flat and level surface, with the firmament as a dome above it, dividing the waters.”

Athanasius of Alexandria:
- In “On the Incarnation” (Chapter 45), Athanasius mentions: “The ancient belief holds that the earth is flat and firm, with the heavens above it serving as a solid vault.”

Epiphanius of Salamis:
- In “Panarion” (Book II, Chapter 14), Epiphanius writes: “The earth is described as a flat plane, with the firmament as a solid structure that covers it.”

Origen:
- In “Commentary on Genesis” (Book I, Chapter 7), Origen states: “The earth is viewed as a flat, unchanging surface, with the firmament acting as a solid dome over it.”

Theophilus of Antioch:
- In “To Autolycus” (Book I, Chapter 3), Theophilus describes: “The earth is a flat, stable plane, supported by the firmament, which is a physical dome above.”

Lactantius:
- In “Divine Institutes” (Book III, Chapter 24), Lactantius writes: “The earth is considered flat, resting firmly beneath the heavens, which are described as a solid dome above it.”

St. Jerome:
- In his “Commentary on Ezekiel” (Book 2, Chapter 1), Jerome describes: “The earth is a flat surface, covered by the firmament, which forms a solid canopy over the world.”

Gregory of Nyssa:
- In “Hexaemeron,” Gregory notes: “The earth is depicted as flat, with the firmament stretched above it like a dome, reflecting the ancient understanding of the cosmos.”

Basil of Caesarea:
- In “Hexaemeron” (Homily 1), Basil discusses: “The firmament is a solid dome set over the flat earth, creating a separation between the waters above and the terrestrial realm.”

Irenaeus of Lyons:
- In "Against Heresies" (Book II, Chapter 30), Irenaeus writes: “The earth is understood as a flat surface, with the heavens being a firm dome that separates the upper waters from those below.”

Clement of Alexandria:
- In “Stromata” (Book 1, Chapter 19), Clement refers to: “The earth as a stable, flat plane, with the firmament above it acting as a solid dome.”

Theophilus of Antioch:
- In “To Autolycus” (Book II, Chapter 15), Theophilus states: “The earth is a flat surface, with the firmament stretched over it like a canopy, separating the celestial and terrestrial realms.”

Augustine of Hippo:
- In “The Literal Meaning of Genesis” (Book 1, Chapter 12), Augustine describes: “The earth is perceived as a flat and immovable plane, with the firmament above it as a solid dome encircling it.”

Hippolytus of Rome:
- In "Commentary on Daniel" (Homily 9), Hippolytus writes: “The earth is considered a flat plane, with the heavens above it serving as a firm dome that covers it.”

Gregory of Nazianzus:
- In "Orations" (Oration 36), Gregory of Nazianzus reflects on: “The earth is a flat and stable plane, and the firmament above acts as a solid dome that separates the waters.”

Epiphanius of Salamis:
- In “Panarion” (Book II, Chapter 14), Epiphanius describes: “The earth is flat, with the heavens forming a solid canopy over it, consistent with the creation account.”

Clement of Alexandria:
- In “Stromata” (Book 6, Chapter 6), Clement refers to: “The ancient view held that the earth is a flat and immovable surface, with the firmament acting as a dome.”

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