As to the earth, it affirmed that it is a flat surface, over which the sky is spread like a dome, or, as St.Augustine tells us, is stretched like a skin.

In this the sun and moon and stars move, so that they may give light by day and by night to man.

The earth was made of matter created by God out of nothing, and, with all the tribes of animals and plants inhabiting it, was finished in six days.
Above the sky or firmament is heaven; in the dark and fiery space beneath the earth is hell.

The earth is the central and most important body of the universe, all other things being intended for and subservient to it.
As to man, he was made out of the dust of the earth.

At first he was alone, but subsequently woman was formed from one of his ribs.