See Pingre, vol.ii, p.

81.
Nothing could be more natural than such opposition; for this simple announcement by Tycho Brahe began a new era.

It shook the very foundation of cometary superstition.

The Aristotelian view, developed by the theologians, was that what lies within the moon's orbit appertains to the earth and is essentially transitory and evil, while what lies beyond it belongs to the heavens and is permanent, regular, and pure.
Tycho Brahe and Kepler, therefore, having by means of scientific observation and thought taken comets out of the category of meteors and appearances in the neighbourhood of the earth, and placed them among the heavenly bodies, dealt a blow at the very foundations of the theological argument, and gave a great impulse to the idea that comets are themselves heavenly bodies moving regularly and in obedience to law.
IV.

THEOLOGICAL EFFORTS AT COMPROMISE .-- THE FINAL VICTORY OF SCIENCE.
Attempts were now made to compromise.