List of Catholic creationist organisations

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This is a list of Roman Catholic creationist organisations.

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Circle Scientifique et Historique

Circle Scientifique et Historique (CESHE), was founded in 1971 in Belgium to preserve and disseminate the work of French creationist Fernand Crombette.[1]

Daylight Origins Society

The Daylight Origins Society is a Young Earth creationist organisation based in the United Kingdom with ties to the Traditionalist Catholic movement. The stated aims of the Society are "to inform Catholics and others of the scientific evidence supporting special creation as opposed to evolution, and that the true discoveries of Science are in conformity with Catholic doctrines."[2][3] According to the British Centre for Science Education, which maintains a list of anti-evolution groups, the Daylight Origins Society, "doesn't appear to cooperate at all with mainstream creationist groups which are all basically Protestant, calvinistic and evangelical," and that "as far as [they] can make out, it isn't very active."[4] The Daylight Origins Society was originally founded in 1977 by John G. Campbell as the Counter Evolution Group. It was relaunched in 1991 under its present name,[2] as a branch of CESHE.[5] The current secretary of the Society is Anthony Nevard, a school master living in Hertfordshire.[6] Polish academic and Member of the European Parliament Maciej Giertych is an honorary member of the Society. The Society issues a quarterly Catholic creationist journal titled Daylight, published beginning in 1977 by Campbell, and after 1991, published and edited by Nevard.[7] Its writers have included Giertych[6] and it has reprinted works by historical Christian authors, including G. K. Chesterton and C. S. Lewis.[2]

The Kolbe Center for the study of Creation

The Kolbe Center is a traditional interpretation organization based in Mount Jackson, Virginia, the United States. It is a pro active group lead by Hugh Owen and hosts international seminars as well as hosting events in the U.S. The Kolbe Center was founded in 2000. This organization is bigger than the Daylight Origin Society, and both organisations tend to support each other for their common cause.

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References

  1. ^ Les droites nationales et radicales en France: répertoire critique, Jean-Yves Camus, René Monzat, p162
  2. ^ a b c "Daylight Origins Society, Creation Science for Catholics". Theotokos Catholic Books. http://www.theotokos.org.uk/pages/creation/daylight/daylight.html. Retrieved 2008-09-07. 
  3. ^ Christians in Science Ltd.. "Links relating to Young Earth Creation Science (YECS)". http://www.cis.org.uk/resources/links/yecs-links. Retrieved 2008-09-09. 
  4. ^ British Centre for Science Education. "Creationist Organisations in the UK". http://www.bcseweb.org.uk/index.php/Main/CreationistGroups. Retrieved 2008-09-09. 
  5. ^ a b Sennott, Thomas Mary (1985). The Six Days of Creation. Ravengate Press. p. xiv. ISBN 091121822X. http://www.marycoredemptrix.com/CenterReview/SixDaysPart1.pdf. "In 1994 Fr. David Becker founded Morning Star, the first "Catholic Origins Society" in this country, which publishes an excellent journal called The Watchmaker. 3 The new American society joins its older European counterpart, Circle Scientifique et Historique (CESHE) based in Belgium, which publishes Science et Foi. The secretary of this organization is Peter Wilders, an Englishman, who lives in Monaco. 4 The English branch of this society publishes another excellent little paper entitled Daylight: Creation Science for Catholics, edited by Anthony L. G. Nevard." 
  6. ^ a b "Featured Authors / Contributors: Theotokos Catholic Books". http://www.theotokos.org.uk/pages/misc/contribu.html. Retrieved 2008-09-09. 
  7. ^ "An Insight into How Evolutionary Ideas Operate Amongst the Faithful in Britain". The Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation. http://www.kolbecenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=182:evolutionary-ideas-amongst-the-faithful-in-britain&catid=10:articles-and-essays&Itemid=74. 
  8. ^ A 'chance' meeting: Refining evolutionary theory
  9. ^ Lecture Series To Challenge Darwinian Evolution, Erin Maguire, The Bulletin, October 10, 2009
  10. ^ Evolution: The Untold Story, International Institute for Culture

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