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Chapter 13; Part 1 Continued...

The Catholic Church is unlikely to enter into and make pronouncements on matters which belong only in empirical science, but where empirical science and theology overlap, the Church is entitled to and has declared on important matters which affect the salvation of souls (e.g., with regard to abortion, in vitro fertilization and contraception). Thus, it is entirely appropriate for the Church to declare upon Origins matters, such as the possibility of Adam and Eve's being derived from previously living matter, or upon the historical reality of the Flood, or upon other important Origins aspects in which the domain of scientists, theologians, and exegetes can overlap.

In view of actual Magisterial teachings, Genesis cannot be written off as applicable only in fanciful "salvation history evolutionist scenarios." Nor can it be written off as a "story" understood in existentialist scenarios, as proposed by Rudely Tilman in his quest to demythologize Scripture. Despite current widespread disobedience to its doctrinal teachings, the Catholic Church still officially forbids the teaching of Evolution as though it were already proved.

The Church is bound to prohibit belief in Godless Origins and Godless Evolutionism, and the teaching on Original Sin can never change because 1) it is central to the Redemption paid by our great Creator/Redeemer, and 2) the Church cannot overturn even one doctrine already defined as true; otherwise, all credibility of Catholic Tradition would be lost. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church reminds us,

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