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Goal : (1) Offer a logically possible Christian-Creationism view with evolution. Some notable Catholic teachings: (1) According to HUMANI GENERIS, it forbids embracing polygenism (the thesis that humans derive from a multiplicity of first parents), (2) Catholics must hold that souls are “immediately created by God" (HUMANI GENERIS) (3) must hold to original sin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Main Argument:  Metaphysical assumption:  hylomorphism = things are matter + form; form (soul) makes a bundle of matter really an organism . Matter without form is not a thing (i.e. substance, such as a dog, cat, horse, human, etc.). Hypothetical story: God initially arranges matter so it behaves organism-wise, but the matter does not have organism-forms to be real organisms; evolution produces many organism-shaped bundles of matter and/or organisms that behave  organism-wise  wit...

this is a footnote on Matthew 16:21-23 NABRE: "[21-23] This first prediction of the passion follows Mark 8:31-33 in the main and serves as a corrective to an understanding of Jesus’ messiahship as solely one of glory and triumph. By his addition of from that time on (Matthew 16:21) Matthew has emphasized that Jesus’ revelation of his coming suffering and death marks a new phase of the gospel. Neither this nor the two later passion predictions (Matthew 17:22-23; 20:17-19) can be taken as sayings that, as they stand, go back to Jesus himself . However, it is probable that he foresaw that his mission would entail suffering and perhaps death , but was confident that he would ultimately be vindicated by God (see Matthew 26:29)." (source: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/16) PROBLEM:  Jesus could not predict the future? Was he a true prophet? He didn’t know about his death and resurrection? He could only foresee tentatively?

    1.  The USCCB’s words “The Stations of the Cross is an ancient and venerable devotion which is designed to foster a devotion to and meditation on the mystery of the Passion of Christ. As commendable as such a devotion may be, it can never fulfill the purpose of Eucharistic adoration, that is to draw us more deeply into the mystery of Christ’s presence in the Holy Eucharist.  Therefore, neither the Stations of the Cross nor any other devotion shou ld be prayed during exposition of the Eucharist"   (citation:  "Devotions and Eucharistic Adoration,"  https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/prayers-and-devotions/adoration/devotions-and-eucharistic-adoration#:~:text=As%20commendable%20as%20such%20a,during%20exposition%20of%20the%20Eucharist.)       2.  No Rosary during adoration: Note that the Rosary is a devotion according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church 1674: "Besides sacramental liturgy and sacramentals, catechesis ...