Did It Evolve? | Mariusz Tabaczek, OP

The theory of evolution, and contemporary science more broadly, are considered to pose significant challenges to the classical understanding of the dogma of original sin. In the first part of my presentation, I will list and discuss these challenges and address the groundbreaking response to them provided by F. R. Tennant. Secondly, I will refer to several strategies developed after Tennant, including: (1) a radical interpretation of Peccatum originale (PO) along the lines he proposed, (2) and (3) attempts to retain the classical notion of PO along the lines of the monogenetic and polygenetic scenarios of the origin of the human species, and (4) alternative models of PO that are sensitive to natural sciences.