ThePatristicDoctrineofCreation
by
FatherSeraphimRose
EDITOR~SNOTE
Thefollowingletterwaswritten
by
Fr.SeraphimtoDr.AlexanderKalo-miros,aGreekOrthodoxmedicaldoctor.church
toriter;
and"Christian
evolutionist."Fr.
Seraphimwasrespondingtoaletterfrom
Dr.Kalomi-
ros,inwhich
the
latterattemptedtoshow
that
the
HolyScripturesandtheteachingof
the
Holy
Fathers
were
compatiblewithmodernevolution-
ary
theory.According
to
Dr.Kalomiros,
Adamwasan
"euolied
beast,"
who
atthe
appropriate
pointinhisevolutionarydevelopment
received
the
grace
ofGodandthusbecameman.Dr.Kalomiroswrote:
'(WhentheLordGodbreathed
into
Adams
foeethebreath
of
life7
thenthe
evolvedbeast
becamea
logicalcreature....
Iwouldnotbesurprised
if
Adams
body
hadbeeninallrespectsthe
body
ofanape....Adamwasprobablybiologicallyless
evolvedthanmanofpresent
days....
Hewastaken
from
thetopstepof
theevolutionary
ladderof
anthropoids.
Mandoesnotcomefrommonkeysbutftomanotherbranchofanthropoidswithaparallel
evolution.Wehave
nothing
by
whichto
conclude
in
whichstageofevolu-tionthebreathofGodwasgiventotheanimal."
Fr.
Seraphims
reply
to
Dr.
Kalomiros,
publishedposthumouslyin
EpiphanyJournal
(Fall
1989-
Winter
1990)
andlaterin
abridgedform
in
TheChristianActivist
(Spring/Summer
1998),
hasbecomethede-
finitive
introductiontothe
Patristicdoctrineofcreationandthedefini-tive
Patristic
refotationof
the
modern
theory
ofevolution.We
presentit
here
with
sectiontitlesadded
by
the
editor.
For
moreabout
Fr.
Seraphim'scorrespondencewith
Dr.
Kalomiros,see
theEditorsPreface
(pp.
26-30,
35)
40)andtheselectionsfromFr.Sera-
phim's
lettersinPart
V
(pp.
514-15,522-44).
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The Patristic Doctrine of Creation
This is Father Seraphim Rose's commentary from the Patristic Fathers on the Orthodox doctrine of Creation.
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