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Creation Unfinished, by John M. Grondelski, Ph.D – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Creation Unfinished, by John M. Grondelski, Ph.D

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Detail from the Sistine Chapel Ceiling: "Creation of Adam" (1510) by Michelangelo [WikiArt.org]

By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D., Catholic World Report, July 21, 2025

John M. Grondelski (Ph.D., Fordham) was former associate dean of the School of Theology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey. He publishes regularly in the National Catholic Register and in theological journals. All views expressed herein are exclusively his own.

Catholic theology long recognized that the Book of Genesis teaches that God created, not how God created. Those are two separate questions.

On July 21, 1925, a Tennessee jury convicted John Scopes of teaching evolution. The “Scopes Monkey Trial” has gone down in American history as the caricature of the fight between “religion” and “science.”

Why a caricature? Because there is no such conflict. Except, perhaps, on the fundamentalist terms that both Scopes and his “scientific” opponents played it out.

Catholic theology long recognized that the Book of Genesis teaches that God created, not how God created. Those are two separate questions. …

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Creation Unfinished, by John M. Grondelski, Ph.D

Daily Scripture Readings and Meditations: An Adulterous Generation Seeks for a Sign

HHS Secretary Slams Judge’s Ruling: “Planned Parenthood Has No Right to Taxpayer Money”, by Elise DeGeeter

By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D., Catholic World Report, July 21, 2025

Catholic theology long recognized that the Book of Genesis teaches that God created, not how God created. Those are two separate questions.

On July 21, 1925, a Tennessee jury convicted John Scopes of teaching evolution. The “Scopes Monkey Trial” has gone down in American history as the caricature of the fight between “religion” and “science.”

Why a caricature? Because there is no such conflict. Except, perhaps, on the fundamentalist terms that both Scopes and his “scientific” opponents played it out.

Catholic theology long recognized that the Book of Genesis teaches that God created, not how God created. Those are two separate questions. …

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