Catholic Apologetics International

CAI's Science Creed

The following is CAI's position on this issue in particular and other scientific issues as well:

* Robert Sungenis holds to the Geocentric cosmological view of the universe in accordance with the literal, infallible, and inspired Word of God which, according to Providentissimus Deus by Pope Leo XIII, is inerrant in all matters.

* Robert Sungenis also rejects both atheistic and theistic evolutionary models for the origins of the earth. Instead, he embraces the traditional Catholic understanding of creation, and the scientific evidence which strongly supports it.

Both of these issues will be covered in one of Robert's upcoming book: Not By Science Alone: Modern Science at the Crossroads of Divine Revelation - This book delves into the fallacies of the modern theory of evolution, giving the biblical, scientific and ecclesia evidence against it. The book also refutes the modern assumptions behind current cosmogony and cosmology from the same basis. Lastly, the book addresses the genealogies of the Old Testament and how they would fit into the chronology in above systems.

Evolution and Heliocentrism are neither taught in Scripture, nor are taught by the Fathers and Medieval theologians of the Catholic Church, nor are there any official teachings from the Catholic Church endorsing either of the two teachings. Furthermore, the modern scientific evidence does not in the least support Evolution, and in fact denies it completely, while the scientific evidence for Heliocentrism is at best a draw when compared to Geocentric models, and at worst a distortion of both science and Scripture.

* Since the Catholic Church has made no dogmatic ruling on either of these two issues, we accept anyone with an opposing view, and in fact, we invite their comments so that intellectual discussion can be advanced. By the same token, since the Church has made no dogmatic ruling, we at CAI hold the right to maintain our position as a viable and supportable view, and that we can do so without insult or injury from opposing viewpoints. What we deplore are rash, hyper-sensitive, bigoted, prejudicial, reactionary and unscientific evaluations made by anyone who assumes an opposite view. In our opinion, such caustic remarks say more about our critics than they say about us. We should all realize there is nothing in this world that is sacrosanct which is not proven, dogmatically defined or held as the constant Tradition of the Church.

The Catholic interpreter, although he should show that those facts of natural science which investigators affirm to be now quite certain are not contrary to the Scripture rightly explained, must nevertheless always bear in mind, that much which has been held and proved as certain has afterwards been called in question and rejected. And if writers on physics travel outside the boundaries of their own branch, and carry their erroneous teaching into the domain of philosophy, let them be handed over to philosophers... (Pope Leo XIII, Providentissimus Deus, (19))

Although these are CAI's official positions on these matters, no individual staff member is bound to them as a condition of his association with CAI's apostolate. Because every apostolate invariably has a certain theological "flavor", however, our President simply asks that all staff members keep an open mind to these questions, even if they have already set views. This is, of course, hardly an unreasonable request as Catholics should keep an open mind on all undefined and debatable issues.

* Suffice it to say, Robert Sungenis does not consider those holding opposing views to be any less Catholic than he is on these subjects.