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Line 10: − − == Position of Catholic Church on Creation == − − The doctrine of the Catholic Church about the existence of one Adam and Eve was set forth in an encyclical by Pope Pius XII known as [http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_12081950_humani-generis_en.html Humani Generis]. It prohibits the teaching of the theory of a gradual evolution of man. The Humani Generis emphasized that Adam (and Eve) did exist as the first parents, whose original sin was the basis for Jesus' sacrifice, and that no Catholic should teach anything to the contrary. The contemporary theory of evolution violates Humani Generis by promoting a gradual, population-based evolutionary process. − − In 1996, Pope John Paul II gave a speech relating to evolution. The official English translation of his speech in the L'Osservatore Romano was that evolution is "more than one hypothesis." The French was ambiguous and those favoring evolution claimed that the Pope actually said that evolution is "more than a hypothesis." But there was no official "correction" to the English translation of evolution as "more than one hypothesis." Pope John Paul II wrote and spoke widely but never endorsed evolution, and the majority of his native Poland also reject it.
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*[[Theistic Evolution]] is the belief that God created the universe and did not intervene directly in physical evolution. In general, theistic evolution accepts the age of the earth and common descent. Theistic evolutionists believe that at some point God intervened in a metaphysical fashion to give souls to some small group of human ancestors. This is the position proposed by a few Catholic theologians who do not speaking for the Catholic Church <ref>[http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodicals/Dossier/0102-97/Article3.html Mark Brumley, Evolution and the Pope]</ref>.
*[[Theistic Evolution]] is the belief that God created the universe and did not intervene directly in physical evolution. In general, theistic evolution accepts the age of the earth and common descent. Theistic evolutionists believe that at some point God intervened in a metaphysical fashion to give souls to some small group of human ancestors. This is the position proposed by a few Catholic theologians who do not speaking for the Catholic Church <ref>[http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodicals/Dossier/0102-97/Article3.html Mark Brumley, Evolution and the Pope]</ref>.
== Controversial Classification ==
== Controversial Classification ==