Fr Ennio Mantovani SVD 19 2. The initial Stuff of the Universe The Pope disagrees with the idea of chaos, “the beginning of the world… derives directly from a supreme Principle who created out of love”. 3. The big bang and the Need of God The Big Bang does not contradict the intervention of a divine creator but depends on it. Science cannot bring out of sheer nothing, only the Creator is required for the Big Bang to occur. 4. Evolution and Creation - No Conflict “Evolution in nature does not conflict with the notion of Creation, because evolution presupposes the creation of beings who evolve.” The first law of Thermodynamics, forbids something coming out of nothing (absolute nothing)”. The Creator has to create this initial matter with appropriate capabilities and conditions for evolution. 5. Special Creation of Humans Humans are a special category in the evolutionary rang, as they are given additional autonomy in the form of freedom. “The scientist must be moved by the conviction that nature, in its people with same-sex attraction, hides its potential which it leaves for intelligence and freedom to discover and actualize, in order to reach the development that is the Creator design.” 6. Humans as Collaborators with God The action of man partakes in the power of God and is capable of building a world adapted to his two-fold physical and spiritual life. 7. Caution against Misuse of Freedom When true freedom degenerates into autonomy, the actions of humans “destroy Creation and man takes the place of the Creator. And this is a grave sin against God the Creator”. III. The Catholic Church on the Big Bang and Evolution A. The Big Bang Theory Today the Big Bang Theory is considered the most scientifically established theory on the origin of the universe. The theory, first proposed in 1927 by the Belgian Catholic Priest Abbé Georges Lemaitre, later published in 1931 with title “The Hypothesis of the primeval atom” has been receiving ongoing support as more and more data of cosmological studies pours in. Lemaitre, later published in 1931 with the title “The Hypothesis of the Primeval Atom,” has been receiving ongoing support as more and more data of cosmological studies pours in. Lemaitre proposed this theory on the basis of his long and extensive study of the field equations of the General Theory of Relativity of Einstein and the observed data of red shift of spiral nebulae. Although today this theory has become highly developed and sophisticated, its initial version, as given by Lemaitre, is simple and can be explained in three stages. 1. The Initial Explosion and Consequent Expansion In this stage Lemaitre talks of a super-dense and super-condensed Primeval Today the Big Bang Theory is considered the most scientifically established theory on the origin of the universe. The theory, first proposed in 1927 by the Belgian Catholic Priest Abbé Georges Lemaitre...
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