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Metaphysical Principles

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Creation Providence

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Character of God

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Almighty God or Mad Scientist

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Which is More Scientific?

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Kolbe Center Interviews

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  • Kolbe Report 8-1-20

    Dear Friends of the Kolbe Center, Glory to Jesus Christ! At fairly regular intervals, I receive an anonymous letter from a California address pointing out the “fatal flaws” in the traditional Catholic literal historical interpretation of Genesis that was upheld by all of the Apostles, Fathers, and Doctors of the Church. Since my correspondent does not supply a name or a return address, I have no way to answer him. But since someone who receives this bulletin must be passing it on to him, I have decided to answer him through this newsletter. To him and to all of our anonymous critics I will just add that this is the kind of response we would be happy to make to all of your objections, if you would be willing to give us your name and email address in the future. It would be impossible for me to address all of the alleged fatal flaws that my anonymous critic has regaled me with in the past, so I am just going to focus on his most recent claim that radiometric dating of Hawaiian lava flows proves that the Biblical chronology has been falsified and that a global Flood never took place as indicated …

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  • Kolbe Report 7-25-20

    Dear Friends of the Kolbe Center, Glory to Jesus Christ! In this newsletter we would like to thank God for the gift of Faith and for the way that her supernatural sister gift of Hope has allowed God’s children to “beat the worst imaginable odds” again and again. We never tire of saying that faith in the traditional Catholic doctrine of creation is supernatural, and while it harmonizes with everything that we know from natural science, it cannot be “proven.” It must be believed on the authority of God revealing, as that revelation was understood in God’s Church from the beginning. The supernatural character of Faith explains why the testimonies that we receive from people all over the world who embrace the true doctrine of creation after a lifetime of evolutionary indoctrination often include a miraculous element – a prophetic dream, an utterly improbable combination of confirming circumstances, or a sudden, supernatural conviction of the truth. I recently received an email from a lady in another country who received such a grace of illumination. She wrote: I still remember the first time my personal faith and belief was attacked. I was sitting in my Grade 9 Religion class in a …

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  • Kolbe Report 7-18-20

    Dear Friends of the Kolbe Center, Pax Christi! I would like to share an experience that one of our members had recently when he tried to place an advertisement for the “Foundations Restored” DVD series in a diocesan newspaper. After offering to pay about $250 for a quarter-page advertisement, he was told that the DVD series wasn’t something that the newspaper would advertise. He responded by giving the advertising editor some of the recommendations the DVD series has received from Bishops and theologians all over the world, including the Bishop of Lira, Uganda, who gave the imprimatur to the Teacher’s Guide for “Foundations Restored.” When this, too, had no effect, I recommended that he send the editor a recommendation from another African Bishop, who had praised “Foundations Restored” in these words: The presenters defend the traditional and authentic teachings on creation not by using their personal opinions, but by ably quoting from what has been preserved through centuries from the Church’s Magisterium and Holy Scripture. The presentation demonstrates how fervently and uninterruptedly the Church’s Magisterium has preserved the authentic doctrine of Creation while submitting to the superior and infallible deposit of Scripture. I have no reason whatsoever to doubt the truths presented in this …

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  • Kolbe Report 7-11-20

    Dear Friends of the Kolbe Center, Glory to Jesus Christ! The liturgical readings for the Easter season normally recall the experiences of the first Catholic communities, as recorded in the Acts of the Apostles.  In the account of Cornelius the Centurion in Acts Chapter 10, St. Luke tells us that Cornelius was told by an angel to summon St. Peter to instruct him.   Meanwhile, the Lord prepared St. Peter for this encounter with a gentile through a vision, and the Holy Spirit confirmed that St. Peter should go to see him.  When St. Peter preached to Cornelius and his household, St. Luke relates that the Holy Spirit descended on them in the same way that He had descended on the Apostles at Pentecost and that they began to praise God. This was a sign to St. Peter that he should baptize them and receive them into the Church. Today, as has been true throughout the Christian era, there are many souls outside of the Catholic Church who are sincerely seeking the Lord.  Many who receive the Word of God as what it truly is – the Divine Word – are blessed with great insights, only awaiting the visit of some …

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  • Hannah Holden

    Dear Mr. Owen, I’m a seventeen year old home-schooler, I live in Wichita, Kansas, with my father, mother, brother, and two sisters. My family became Catholic in 1994, and I happily attended our church’s school from kindergarten upward, digesting books on biology and paleontology. On Sundays over lunch I would eagerly listen to my Dad reason aloud on the silliness of animals evolving into other kinds, and the way that all of the differently colored nations could stem from Adam and Eve. These topics were fascinating, so I naturally wanted to discuss them with my teachers, in whose classes I earned good grades, and who were my leaders and friends. The first time I raised my hand and questioned my science teacher, that perhaps archaeopteryx was not a missing link between reptiles and birds (as he was saying), but was a fully formed animal, he looked at me like I was insane and said that the evidence for evolution was obvious, but was too complicated to be discussed in a sixth grade classroom. It was disappointing to have him sidestep my questions, but it was heart-wrenching when I asked my religion teacher how six days of creation could possibly fit …

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