Macro-Evolution?

Well, no. There is no such thing as macro-evolution because for such a thing to exist it would have to be the case that a set of parents gave birth to an offspring that had an organ neither parent had.

That is an absurdity.

Of course there is micro-evolutuon, minor changes within a species, but there is no such thing as macro-evolutuon and one way we know this is the Fossil Record has no evidence of any transitional animals; i.e. the Missing Link(s).

But ABS wants to address the question from a purely Catholic position. And from a purely Catholic, Doctrinal, position, macro-evolution is an ontological impossibility.

I shall begin at an odd starting point (what else would you expect from ABS?)


St. Vincent of Lerins

The Notes of a true Catholic

...This being the case, he is the true and genuine Catholic who loves the truth of God, who loves the Church, who loves the Body of Christ, who esteems divine religion and the Catholic Faith above every thing, above the authority, above the regard, above the genius, above the eloquence, above the philosophy, of  every man whatsoever; who sets light by all of these, and continuing steadfast and established in the faith, resolves that he will believe that, and that only, which he is sure the Catholic Church has held universally and from ancient time; but that whatsoever new and unheard-of doctrine he shall find to have been furtively introduced by some one or another, besides that of all, or contrary to that of all the saints, this, he will understand, does not pertain to religion, but is permitted as a trial, being instructed especially by the words of the blessed Apostle Paul, who writes thus in his first Epistle to the Corinthians, " There must needs be heresies, that they who are approved may be made manifest among you: "as though he should say, This is the reason why the authors of Heresies are not forthwith rooted up by God, namely, that they who are approved may be made manifest that is, that it may be apparent of each individual, how tenacious and faithful and steadfast he is in his love of the Catholic faith.

And in truth, as each novelty springs up incontinently is discerned the difference between the weight of the wheat and the lightness of the chaff. Then that which had no weight to keep it on the floor is without difficulty blown away. For some at once fly off entirely; others having been only shaken out, afraid of perishing, wounded, half alive, half dead, are ashamed to return. They have, in fact swallowed a quantity of poison--not enough to kill, yet more than can be got rid of; it neither causes death, nor suffers to live. O wretched condition! With what surging tempestuous cares are they tossed about !  One while, the error being set in motion, they are hurried whithersoever the wind drives them; another, returning upon themselves like refluent waves, they are dashed back: one while, with rash presumption, they give their approval to what seems uncertain; another, with irrational fear, they are frightened out of their wits at what is certain, in doubt whither to go, whither to return, what to seek, what to shun, what to keep, what to throw away.

This affliction, indeed, of a hesitating and miserably vacillating mind is, if they are wise, a medicine intended for them by God's compassion. For therefore it is that outside the most secure harbour of the Catholic Faith, they are tossed about, beaten, and almost killed, by divers tempestuous cogitations, in order that they may take in the sails of self-conceit, which, they had with ill advice unfurled to the blasts of novelty, and may betake themselves again to, and remain stationary within, the most secure harbour of their placid and good mother, and may begin by vomiting up those bitter and turbid floods of error which they had swallowed, that thenceforward they may be able to drink the streams of fresh and living water. Let them unlearn well what they had learnt not well, and let them receive so much of the entire doctrine of the Church as they can understand: what they cannot understand let them believe.

Ok, now let us hear The constant Teaching of Holy Mother Church as taught by Pope Leo XII:

Arcanum..Pope Leo XIII

...Though revilers of the Christian faith refuse to acknowledge the never-interrupted doctrine of the Church on this subject,and have long striven to destroy the testimony of all nations and of all times, they have nevertheless failed not only to quench the powerful light of truth, but even to lessen itWe record what is to all known, and cannot be doubted by any, that God, on the sixth day of creation, having made man from the slime of the earth, and having breathed into his face the breath of life, gave him a companion, whom He miraculously took from the side of Adam when he was locked in sleep...


St.  Vincent of Lerins teaches us that novelties are a test and that the true Catholic holds to what has always constantly, been taught and Pope Leo XIII teaches what has always been taught and believed in the Catholic Church - and can not be doubted: We record what is to all known, and cannot be doubted by any, that God, on the sixth day of creation, having made man from the slime of the earth, and having breathed into his face the breath of life, gave him a companion, whom He miraculously took from the side of Adam when he was locked in sleep.

The scientific and philosophical ignorance of ABS is as unfathomable in its depth as it is galactically   spacious in its width but ABS is no fool. He can see that any attempt to try and change a universal Doctrine of the Catholic Church, publicly and formally taught by a Pope, into something different is a novelty to be rejected.

What is being attempted by trying to claim that the origin of man is, ultimately, from an ape, through whatever process, is not a development of Doctrine but a change of Doctrine and us Catholics don't cotton to it.

ABS means no disrespect towards Pope John Paul II or Pope Benedict XVI. They are infinitely more intelligent, educated, wiser, and holier than ABS. And, as the Vicars of Christ, they are guided into all truth by the Third Person of The Blessed Trinity, The Holy Ghost, and He, The Holy Ghost would prevent any Vicar of Christ from teaching error.

That is a fundamental (pun intended) Catholic Belief that is not negotiable.

And so, we have a test of our Catholic Faith in the unceasing onslaught of a secular science that resolutely and relentlessly propagandises in favor of macro-evolution.

What to do? Easy. Hear Mother Church.

We have Pope Leo XIII formally declaring a truth of the Catholic Faith - We record what is to all known, and cannot be doubted by any, that God, on the sixth day of creation, having made man from the slime of the earth, and having breathed into his face the breath of life, gave him a companion, whom He miraculously took from the side of Adam when he was locked in sleep and we also have Pope Blessed John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI informally, personally, in their capacity as private theologians, indicating varying degrees of support for evolution.

This is an easy test to pass.

Pope Leo XII taught formally, decisively, and without any ambiguity, and in direct opposition to the various errors then circulating, what Catholics have always believed from 33 A.D. until twenty years ago.

From Pope to Prelate to Parish Priest to Pat and Pam Pew Dweller, the Sensus Fidelium **has always held that God created man from the earth and Eve from his rib and until a Pope formally, in a Universal Encyclical, teaches otherwise, that remains a truth of the Catholic Faith that can not be abandoned and it is simply impossible, metaphysically impossible, that the entireity of Holy Mother Church, every single man woman and child alive was in error in Faith about the Creation of Adam and Eve.

Often, we Christian Catholics are asked for proof that The Third Person of The Blessed, The Holy Ghost, really does Teach Jesus' Church all truth and that He prevents it from teaching error and so anyone can use this test as an example.

Pope Leo XII has taught one truth formally in an Encyclical while The Holy Ghost has prevented Pope Blessed John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVII from teaching a different Doctrine formally.

* Let's see, the Encyclical was promulgated in 1880 after  Darwin's"On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, which was published in 1859

** Sensus Fedelium

From Vatican Two; Lumen Gentium; paragraph 12


The holy people of God shares also in Christ's prophetic office; it spreads abroad a living witness to Him, especially by means of a life of faith and charity and by offering to God a sacrifice of praise, the tribute of lips which give praise to His name. The entire body of the faithful, anointed as they are by the Holy One, cannot err in matters of belief. They manifest this special property by means of the whole peoples' supernatural discernment in matters of faith when "from the Bishops down to the last of the lay faithful"  they show universal agreement in matters of faith and morals