Humani Generis on Evolution Reading It Completely and Consistently |
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| Author:
| Warkulwiz, Victor |
| ISBN: | 978-0-9888603-1-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
| Publisher: | Missionary Priests of the Blessed Sacrament
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $7.95 |
Book Description:
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Catholic evolutionists point to Pope Pius XII's 1950 encyclical letter Humani Generis as their Magna Carta for professing belief in macroevolution. However, it is no such thing. A complete, careful, and consistent reading of the document shows that Pius XII was no friend of evolution. He clearly saw the danger it presents to the Catholic faith. He begrudgingly gave permission to scholars to study the notion of the human body as coming from "pre-existing living matter," but his...
More DescriptionCatholic evolutionists point to Pope Pius XII's 1950 encyclical letter Humani Generis as their Magna Carta for professing belief in macroevolution. However, it is no such thing. A complete, careful, and consistent reading of the document shows that Pius XII was no friend of evolution. He clearly saw the danger it presents to the Catholic faith. He begrudgingly gave permission to scholars to study the notion of the human body as coming from "pre-existing living matter," but his permission was very restricted. He explicitly withheld permission for Catholics to hold evolution of the human body as a fact, and he upheld the historical truth of the first eleven chapters of Genesis.