Hippolytus, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. V, Hippolytus… (1885)
“ And that the stars are a circle of fire, separated from the fire which is in the vicinity of the world, and encompassed by air. And that certain atmospheric exhalations arise in places where the stars shine; wherefore, also, when these exhalations are obstructed, that eclipses take place. And that the moon sometimes appears full and sometimes waning, according to the obstruction or opening of its (orbital) paths. But that the circle of the sun is twenty-seven times [5] larger than the moon, and that the sun is situated in the highest (quarter of the firmament) ”
