Ma`rifat-e Adyan, Volume 14, Issue 4, No 56, Year 2025 , Pages 107-118
Early Reactions of the Catholic Church to the Theory of "Evolution"
Article Type:
Research
Writers:
✍️ Yaser Abozadeh Gatabi
/ PhD in Religions and Mysticism, the Imam Khomeini Institute for Education and Research / y.a.g@chmail.ir
/ PhD in Religions and Mysticism, the Imam Khomeini Institute for Education and Research / y.a.g@chmail.irSayed Ali Hassani Amoli / Associate Professor of Religions and Mysticism at Department of Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute / sa.hasani@iki.ac.ir
/ Associate Professor of Religions and Mysticism at Department of Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute / sa.hasani@iki.ac.irAbstract:
The publication of Darwin's first evolutionary work during the headship of Pius IX in the papal office and in the era of general favor of Western scientists to modern scientific currents and Darwin’s opinions about the origin and evolution of vital species and how the first human generation was formed, created a serious challenge to Christian theology. The first reactions of the Catholic Church against evolutionism are the formation of the Cologne Council of Germany, the First Vatican Council and the publication of the "Catholic Civilization", which was supported by the Pope. Introducing and explaining these three reactions and also providing their feedbacks, this article points out how these three Catholic currents initially defended against the evolutionism current, and investigates to what extent they influenced the theology of the present Catholic Church, using a descriptive-analytical method of compilation.
چکیده و کلیدواژه فارسی (Persian)
Title :واکنش‌های اولیه کلیسای کاتولیک در قبال نظریه «تکامل»
Abstract:
انتشار اولین اثر تکاملی داروین در زمان صدارت پیوس نهم در مسند پاپی و در عصر اقبال عمومی دانشمندان غربی به جریان های نوین علمی و نظرات او راجع به پیدایش و تطور گونه های حیاتی و چگونگی شکل گیری نسل اولیه بشر، چالشی جدی در مقابل الهیات مسیحی ایجاد نمود. تشکیل شورای کلن آلمان، شورای اول واتیکان و انتشار نشریه «تمدن کاتولیک» که با حمایت پاپ صورت گرفت، اولین واکنش های کلیسای کاتولیک در مقابل جریان تکاملگرایی محسوب می شود. این نوشتار که با رویکردی توصیفی ـ تحلیلی گردآوری شده، درصدد است تا با معرفی و تبیین این سه واکنش و همچنین ارائه بازخوردهای حاصل از این واکنش ها، به نحوه دفاع اولیه این سه جریان کاتولیکی در مقابل جریان تکامل گرایی اشاره نموده، میزان تأثیرگذاری آنها در الهیات کنونی کلیسای کاتولیک را بررسی کند.
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Abozadeh Gatabi, Yaser, Hassani Amoli , Sayed Ali.(2025) Early Reactions of the Catholic Church to the Theory of "Evolution". Ma`rifat-e Adyan, 14(4), 107-118
Yaser Abozadeh Gatabi; Sayed Ali Hassani Amoli ."Early Reactions of the Catholic Church to the Theory of "Evolution"". Ma`rifat-e Adyan, 14, 4, 2025, 107-118
Abozadeh Gatabi, Y, Hassani Amoli , S.(2025) 'Early Reactions of the Catholic Church to the Theory of "Evolution"', Ma`rifat-e Adyan, 14(4), pp. 107-118
