Charles Darwin mindmap

Charles Darwin mindmap

1. 1809 - 1882

2. protestant, therefore external challenge

3. evolution through natural selection

   • "The Origin of Species"
     • 1858
     • contradicts Genesis 1
     • challenges the belief in creator God
   • "The Descent of Man"
     • 1871
     • challenged the belief in the covenant

4. Responses made by the Catholic Church

   • German Bishops condemned Darwin
     • Rome did not agree to this
   • No response made by Rome
     • Rome didn't want to make the same mistakes they made with Galileo and therefore refused to voice opinion
     • 1870: Garibaldi was attacking Rome - preoccupied with other issues
   • The Syllabus of Errors (1864)
     • 61 errors that would lead to excommunication
     • condemned naturalism, liberalism and rationalism
   • Vatican 1 (1869 - 70)
     • high level meeting
     • passed 2 constitutions (most authoritative teaching of the Catholic Church)
       • condemned modernism, rationalism and atheism
     • Pope is infallible (speaks in the name of God)