Is the God of Genesis compatible with the God of theistic evolution? In this talk, we present a Catholic defense of God’s direct, immediate creation of Adam and Eve, drawing on Scripture, the unanimous consensus of the Fathers, key Councils, papal statements, and a Scotist-style argument (potuit, decuit, dixit).

What you’ll learn

Why theistic evolution conflicts with 20 core truths touching God, man, Christ, Mary, and Satan

How the Scotist form (God could, it is fitting, He said so) supports special creation

The relation of Genesis, Original Sin, and death before the Fall

Why transubstantiation presupposes the fixity of natures (and why evolution undermines it)

How the Fathers and the Magisterium read Genesis 1–11 as sacred history

Key citations mentioned

Gen 2:7; Gen 2:21–22; Ex 20:11; Mk 10:6; Tob 8:8; 1 Cor 11:8

Lateran IV; Vatican I; Pontifical Biblical Commission (1909)

Council of Carthage (canon on Adam’s prelapsarian immortality)

Papal witnesses incl. Pelagius I/II (traditional attribution), Leo XIII (Arcanum), Pius XII

Speaker’s note
Includes a brief conversion testimony (Dec 19, 1999), reference to Bl. John Duns Scotus, and an analysis contrasting the “God of Genesis” with the “god” presupposed by theistic evolution.

⏱️ Chapters

00:00 Intro
00:06 Title & Dedication (Bl. Virgin Mary; Bl. John Duns Scotus)
01:04 Conversion testimony & scientific background
02:26 From evolution to theistic evolution—and beyond
04:00 Two “gods”: Genesis vs. theistic evolution
05:12 Poll snapshot among Catholics
05:48 Why it matters (St. Thomas: creation reveals God)
06:22 The Scotist argument: potuit–decuit–dixit (summary)
07:56 Potuit—God could create directly and immediately
08:56 Decuit—What is most fitting? Criteria & standard
10:34 20 truths affirmed by Catholic doctrine of creation (overview)
12:04 God’s character: perfection, goodness, truth, omnipotence, immutability, providence
19:11 Man’s character: dignity, body–soul unity, immortality, Original Sin, supernatural end
21:45 Christ’s character: sacred humanity; the Eucharist & transubstantiation
24:31 “Evolution” as naturalized transubstantiation?
24:58 Mary’s prerogatives: Immaculate Conception, Divine Maternity, Perpetual Virginity, humility, Co-redemption
27:42 Jesus’ condemnation of Satan: murderer from the beginning; father of lies
29:00 Dixit—Scripture on Adam from dust and Eve from Adam’s side
30:56 Church’s continuous teaching & magisterial notes
32:53 Papal testimonies & councils
33:49 Unanimous consent of the Fathers (binding force)
37:56 Selective acceptance & “pick-and-mix” hermeneutics
40:11 “Science vs. Genesis” and why Genesis is singled out
41:59 Conclusion of potuit–decuit–dixit
42:29 Theistic evolution as ad hoc and parasitic
43:46 Fatal error: anti-realist subjectivism; becoming vs. being
44:50 Synthesis critique (Hegelian thesis/antithesis)
45:56 Risk to the faith; Vatican I admonition
46:17 Final exhortation (Mt 5:37)
46:41 Epilogue: “interbreeding” claim critiqued
49:08 Closing thanks

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