What History would Always be in a Fallen World, Introduction
Dogmas on Creation and Fall: The Church's Middle Road
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Dogmas on Creation and Fall: The Church’s Middle Road
Pope Francis was not at all removing God from the equation when He said that evolution is true and that God did not wave a magic wand. He would not deny the Church's teachings. The main thing is, the Church sees Genesis 1-3 as an allegorical poem, NOT fiction, but a figurative poem symbolizing the first ages of human history: Creation, Original Justice, Fall.
So the Church is in the middle: Conservative Protestants would say it is not just history,but is to be taken literally and as science. Liberals would say it is a poem, but it is NOT history, just a lesson about how God does things over and over. Catholicism is in the middle: it IS history and not a parable, but it is NOT science, it is a poem.
Beyond the below dogmas, other questions are not relevant to Divine Revelation, since how the stars and trees and spiders evolved isn't pertinent to our salvation.
A Collection of the Most Important Church Dogmas on Creation and Fall
The world is the product of the Divine Wisdom, De Fide
The world had a beginning in time, De Fide
All things outside of God were brought into being from nothing by God's infinite power, De Fide
God created the first man (evolution could have led to the physical animal like man, who was then infused with rational soul)
God specially creates the soul for every human being
Man lived in original justice
Prior to the material creation, God made an angelic creation, rational creatures of purely spiritual nature. All were created originally good, but some, through their own doing, became evil and were consigned to eternal damnation. The one definitive creature of such that we know for certain exists is the supreme leader of the rebellion, whom we call Satan, the devil, or Lucifer. This is dogma.
Man transgressed the probationary commandment and merited death and suffering through the seduction of this same devil, De Fide
Every successive state of existence is brought into being by God from nothing, and
All laws of nature are the product of the Divine architecture, those are facts
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About the Author
I found that every human creature is priceless when I was about 24 years old, when I was enduring a lot of ridicule.
From there, knowing that every person has immeasurable worth, I could go forward with confidence in the Lord that I am not junk.
I began to listen to Catholic pulpits and so called literature, but it was so liberal and pathetic, I became a Protestant. I thought I knew it all.
Then I realized the Bible has to be interpreted and how do I know what it means; how do I know what I have to do to get to heaven.
Eventually I learned that the Catholic Church possesses the history of succession and can give these interpretations so that I do not have to work out the gospel myself.
This greatly relieved me and now I ponder Catholic theology; you can read my articles on my site if you so wish:
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