Orthodox Christian Theology: Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design, and Origins Questions (The Collected Works of CJS Hayward) ~ by: CJS Hayward

Creation and evolution became a central issue in Western Christianity, and Orthodox may be very interested in either young-earth Creationism or showing harmony between the Fathers and evolution. But the central question is on the wrong terms; both opposites are wrong because of what they both hold in common. The Church Fathers usually believed in a young-earth creationism, but none of them made it (to again borrow from Protestantism) “the Article by which the Church stands or…