Here is a compilation of various resources for Catholics and other Christians to begin digging into the perennial beliefs regarding the historicity of the creation story laid out in the First Book of Moses. A lot of this was originally sourced by Gideon Lazar but I have tweaked some things and added imbedded links to all of the works cited. This is not a finished product and will continue to be a work in progress. I hope that people find this interesting and helpful.
Fathers and Doctors of the Church
Saint Theophilus of Antioch
Letter to Autocylus, Book II Chapters 10-32 (x)
Saint Irenaeus of Lyons
Adversus Haereses (specifically Book V Chapter 23)
Origen of Alexandria
Homilies on Genesis
Saint Victorinus
On the Creation of the World
Saint Ephraim the Syrian
Commentary on Genesis
Saint Basil the Great
Homilies on the Hexaemeron
Saint Gregory of Nyssa
On the Making of Man
Saint Ambrose of Milan
Hexaemeron, Paradise, and Cain and Abel
Saint John Chrysostomos
Homilies on Genesis
Saint Augustine
Confessions, Books XI and XII
On the Literal Interpretation of Genesis
City of God, Books XI-XVI
Selpicius Severus
Sacred History
Venerable Bede
The Reckoning of Time, Chapter 66
Saint John of Damascus
Exposition on the Orthodox Faith, Book II (x)
Saint Bonaventure
Breviloquium, Parts II and III
Collations in Hexaemeron
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologiae, Prima Pars Questions 44-46, 65-74, 90-92, and 102
Conciliar Magisterium
Council of Carthage (AD 419)
Canon 109
Fourth Lateran Council (AD 1215)
Confession of Faith
Council of Trent (AD 1545-1563)
Session IV, Decree concerning the use of the Sacred Books
Session V, On Original Sin
Professio Fidei
Catechism of Trent, On the Production of Man (pg 42)
Second Vatican Council (AD 1965)
Dei Verbum, Chapter III
Roman Martyrology
December 25th
Papal Magisterium
Pope Leo XIII
Arcanum Divinae, Paragraph 5
Providentissimus Deus
Pope Benedict XV
Spiritus Paraclitus
Pope Ven. Pius XII
Divino Afflante Spiritu
Humani Generis
Pope Saint John Paul II
Laborum Exercens, Chapter IV
Evangelium Vitae, Chapter 34-36
Pope Francis
Laudato Si, Paragraph 65-67
Pontifical Biblical Commission
The commission was granted explicit papal approval as authoritatively binding by Pope Saint Pius X in 1907 (Praestantia Scripturae) until that authority was rescinded by Pope Saint Paul VI in 1971 (Sedula Cura). The rescinding does not retroactively make the previous issued decrees non-binding but merely removes that prerogative from further decrees by the commission. Much of the decrees are only available in Latin and Italian but the first 50 years are in English here.
Miscellaneous
Fr. Chad Ripperger
The Metaphysical Impossibility of Human Evolution
Dr. Henry Morris
The Mathematical Impossibility of Evolution
Fr. Seraphim Rose
Genesis, Creation, and Early Man
Fr. Victor Warkulwiz
The Doctrines of Genesis
Drs. John Bergsma and Brant Pitre
A Catholic Introduction to the Bible: The Old Testament (I don’t have a PDF)
Why do you call me Lord, Lord, He says, and do not the things which I say? Luke 6:46 For the people that loves with their lips, but have their heart far away from the Lord, Isaiah 29:15 is another people, and trust in another, and have willingly sold themselves to another; but those who perform the commandments of the Lord, in every action testify, by doing what He wishes, and consistently naming the Lord's name; and testifying by deed to Him in whom they trust, that they are those who have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Galatians 5:24-25 He that sows to his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that sows to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. Galatians 6:8
when Saint Augustine raised the hypothetical objection that if everyone was celibate then the human race would die he simply said that’s great because it would usher in the eschaton
But I am aware of some that murmur: What, say they, if all men should abstain from all sexual intercourse, whence will the human race exist? Would that all would this, only in charity out of a pure heart, and good conscience, and faith unfeigned; much more speedily would the City of God be filled, and the end of the world hastened. For what else does the Apostle, as is manifest, exhort to, when he says, speaking on this head, I would that all were as myself; or in that passage, But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remains that both they who have wives, be as though not having: and they who weep, as though not weeping: and they who rejoice, as though not rejoicing: and they who buy, as though not buying: and they who use this world as though they use it not. For the form of this world passes by. I would have you without care. Then he adds, Whoever is without a wife thinks of the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord: but whoever is joined in marriage, thinks of the things of the world, how to please his wife: and a woman that is unmarried and a virgin is different: she that is unmarried is anxious about the things of the Lord, to be holy both in body and spirit: but she that is married, is anxious about the things of the world, how to please her husband. Whence it seems to me, that at this time, those only, who contain not, ought to marry, according to that sentence of the same Apostle, “But if they contain not, let them be married: for it is better to be married than to burn.”
when Saint Augustine raised the hypothetical objection that if everyone was celibate then the human race would die he simply said that’s great because it would usher in the eschaton
the SSPX bishops will incur latae senteniae excommunication but Pope Leo will not revoke the faculties granted to the Society wrt marriage and reconciliation + nothing will be inflicted upon the priests nor the laity of the Society
Intentionally making sure one stays blind so one will be without sin because they cannot claim they see and have their sin remain is its own sin, innit?
blinding yourself would be but i’m not sure about “keeping yourself blind” though it would depend on what means by that
In this instance rather than avoiding a near occasion of sin, one avoids a near occasion of instruction or education. For example, “I’m not sure what the actual requirements to be the benefits promised by the Brown Scapular are, but I’ll keep wearing it. Oh, I could look it up? No, best not;[insert reason not to here].”
Intentionally making sure one stays blind so one will be without sin because they cannot claim they see and have their sin remain is its own sin, innit?
blinding yourself would be but i’m not sure about “keeping yourself blind” though it would depend on what means by that
Take all that shall be brought upon thee: and in thy sorrow endure, and in thy humiliation keep patience. For gold and silver are tried in the fire, but acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.
The pros of applying for a masters would be leaving 500 thousand million murders a year city and having the safety net of being able to apply to be a college professor if my professional shenanigans don't work. The cons is that I don't know if I want to do it or what exactly do I want to do for the matter
You're like those guys the teacher would sit in between me and my friend after the first month of class and then he'd need to listen to my lecture about my current reading while simultaneously being forced to give his opinion on our online shopping session my friend put up on her tablet
