Where can I find information on the Church's reaction to Darwin's theory?

Question

Specifically I mean Catholic but any other type of religion's reaction would be fine...

Answer 1

In 1950, Pope Pius XII wrote in his encyclical Humani generis:

“The Teaching Authority of the Church does not forbid that, in conformity with the present state of human sciences and sacred theology, research and discussions, on the part of men experienced in both fields, take place with regard to the doctrine of evolution, insofar as it inquiries into the origin of the human body as coming from pre-existent and living matter.”

On October 23, 1996, Pope John Paul II said in a speech to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences:

“[N]ew findings lead us toward the recognition of evolution as more than a hypothesis.

In fact it is remarkable that this theory has had progressively greater influence on the spirit of researchers, following a series of discoveries in different scholarly disciplines. The convergence in the results of these independent studies—which was neither planned nor sought—constitutes in itself a significant argument in favor of the theory.”

“A theory is a meta-scientific elaboration, which is distinct from, but in harmony with, the results of observation. With the help of such a theory a group of data and independent facts can be related to one another and interpreted in one comprehensive explanation. The theory proves its validity by the measure to which it can be verified. It is constantly being tested against the facts; when it can no longer explain these facts, it shows its limits and its lack of usefulness, and it must be revised.”

Answer 2

darwin opened the eyes of the catholic church about many movements easily catholicism accepts darwin as a idea and besides it keeps in options many theories about the turning out to be and evolution yet there is no longer a position because catholicism isn't adverse to technology considering that many undesirable movements from the previous, catholicism now might want to be searching the perfection in the religion, all of us know the organic decision is piossible as catholic, all of us know the technology opens us many stuff yet in questions about faith, in undemanding words God.. all of us know God has created regulations in the universe are invisible for adult men yet they're.. meanwhile the protestantism called us we are no longer christians and they settle for the conception adam and eve as a real real, adam and eve may nicely connect the recent international after the evolution, i know the Church has an interprentation mystical of the Bible.. meanwhile the protestants lost any contact with the custom.

Answer 3

It's pretty straightforward- the church hierarchy in England believed in the literal interpretation of the bible so were scathing of Darwin's findings. He was however buried in an abbey which suggests they came to have a more liberal view of his theory.

Answer 4

Vague. Do you mean in 1859 or in the whole time since Origin was published?

Answer 5

Look in the bible. The Lord said that many will doubt and many will bear false witness.

Answer 6

It's probably locked away at the Vatican with all the other papers of true importance that would bust the theories of the church.

Answer 7

Here they are:

God did it.
It's the holy spirit at work.
God moves in mysterious ways.

Answer 8

It's all over Goggle.