Review article

Modern Evolutionary Theory and the Christian Image of Man. On the Problem of Hominisation on the Occasion of the 50th Encyclical Humani Generis

Ivan Kešina ; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Split, Split, Croatia

Abstract

The author analyses the question of evolutionism and hominisation before and especially after the encyclical Pia XII »Humanis generis«.
Church instruction is directly affected by the question of evolution, because it concerns the image of man who, as Revelation teaches us, is created in God's image. Pio II points out: the human body has its source in revived matter that existed prior to it, while the spiritual soul was created directly by God.
John Paul II writes about how new insights give reason to assert that in the theory of evolution, in spite of many open questions, we see more than hypothesis.

Keywords

evolutionism; hominisation; Humani generis; natural science; Church instruction

Hrčak ID:

31268

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/31268

Publication date:

17.8.2000.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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