The Ptolemaic view of the universe believed all of the following to be true except
A. the planets were believed to be imperfect and material.
B. the imperfect, motionless earth was in a state of constant change at the center of the universe.
C. heavenly bodies, composed of a crystalline substance, resided in concentric spheres that moved in circular orbits around the earth.
D. God and all the saved souls resided in the Empyrean Heaven that lay beyond the outermost, or tenth, sphere.
E. God and the saved souls were at one end of the universe and humans at the center.
Answer: A
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