The Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism The Origins of Man
Type
Book
Authors
Category
Creation
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Publication Year
1962
Publisher
Volume
29
Pages
144
Description
Man's origin has long been a question uppermost in his own thoughts. Mythology has concerned itself with this phenomenon. The philosophers - ancient and modern - have investigated the problem. Modern science has doggedly sought after an answer. And, of course, there are the facts contained in divine revelation and Catholic theology.
Covering these four major areas, Nicolas Corte has clearly focused attention on man and his origin.
"It must be at once admitted," he writes, "that if we agree that the evolution of life on this planet culminates in man, so that having achieved its goal its further progress is pursued in and by man alone in what he calls history, then we are obviously bound to entertain a singularly lofty and exalted conception of man.
"Moreover, the very loftiness of this conception will help us to understand the wonderful privileges bestowed on man by divine revelation, and to wonder wholeheartedly at the unique fact of the Incarnation of a God by taking upon himself of human nature in the Person of the Word, the only Son of God."
Nicola Cotre is the nom de plume of Msgr. Leon Cristiani whose writings under both names have been prolific. He was born in 1879 and studied at the Grand Seminaire de Moulins and the Seminaire Francais at Rome. He was ordained a priest at St. John Lateran in Rome in 1902 and has taught philosophy, dogma and history. He was dean of the Faculty of Letters at the University of Lyon for many years. He is the author of Who Is the Devil? in this series.
Eric Earnshaw Smith was born in 1893, educated at University College, Oxford, and after service in World War I, was attached to the War Trade Intelligence Department and later the British Foreign Office for more than twenty-seven years. In 1946 he was transferred to the University Grants Committee and retired from the Civil Service in 1951.
This is Volume 29 under section III: The Nature of Man.
Taken from the inside flaps.
Covering these four major areas, Nicolas Corte has clearly focused attention on man and his origin.
"It must be at once admitted," he writes, "that if we agree that the evolution of life on this planet culminates in man, so that having achieved its goal its further progress is pursued in and by man alone in what he calls history, then we are obviously bound to entertain a singularly lofty and exalted conception of man.
"Moreover, the very loftiness of this conception will help us to understand the wonderful privileges bestowed on man by divine revelation, and to wonder wholeheartedly at the unique fact of the Incarnation of a God by taking upon himself of human nature in the Person of the Word, the only Son of God."
Nicola Cotre is the nom de plume of Msgr. Leon Cristiani whose writings under both names have been prolific. He was born in 1879 and studied at the Grand Seminaire de Moulins and the Seminaire Francais at Rome. He was ordained a priest at St. John Lateran in Rome in 1902 and has taught philosophy, dogma and history. He was dean of the Faculty of Letters at the University of Lyon for many years. He is the author of Who Is the Devil? in this series.
Eric Earnshaw Smith was born in 1893, educated at University College, Oxford, and after service in World War I, was attached to the War Trade Intelligence Department and later the British Foreign Office for more than twenty-seven years. In 1946 he was transferred to the University Grants Committee and retired from the Civil Service in 1951.
This is Volume 29 under section III: The Nature of Man.
Taken from the inside flaps.
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