What was the general conception of the universe before Copernicus?
A) It was orderly with heaven at the center and the earth circling around it.
B) The earth was the stationary center and heavenly spheres orbited it.
C) The earth rested on the shell of a giant tortoise.
D) It could not be revealed according to God's will.
E) The world was both flat and infinite.
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