In the Beginning. . .: A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) God the Creator. The Difference Between Form and Content in the Creation Narrative. The Unity of the Bible as a Criterion for Its Interpretation. Christology as a Criterion ---------- 2.) The Meaning of the Biblical Creation Accounts. The Reasonableness of Faith in Creation. The Enduring Significance of the Symbolic Elements in the Text ---------- 3.) The Creation of the Human Being. The Human Being ---------- 4.) Taken from the Earth. Image of God. Creation and Evolution ---------- 5.) Sin and Salvation. On the Subject of Sin. Limitations and Freedom of the Human Being. Original Sin. The Response of the New Testament ---------- APPENDIX: The Consequences of Faith in Creation. The Suppression of Faith in Creation in Modern Thought. The Consequences of Creation in Present-Day Thought: Three Forms of Concealment. Faith in Creation as a Basic. Decision about Human Beings.