Cercle d'Étude Scientifique et Historique (CESHE), was founded in 1971 in Belgium to preserve and disseminate the work of French scholar Fernand Crombette, whose works include 38 volumes and two atlases that deal with geography, the Flood, astronomy and the pre-history of Mediterranean peoples. In 2008, an English-language affiliate was established in North America.
Daylight Origins Society
The Daylight Origins Society is a recent Earth creationist organisation based in the United Kingdom with ties to both the Traditionalist Catholic movement and conservative vernacular Catholics. The stated aims of the Society are "to inform Catholics and others of the scientific evidence supporting
special creation
In creationism, special creation is a belief that the universe and all life in it originated in its present form by fiat or divine decree.
Catholicism uses the phrase "special creation" in two different senses:
* in the context of theistic evolu ...
as opposed to evolution, and that the true discoveries of Science are in conformity with Catholic doctrines." According to the
British Centre for Science Education The British Centre for Science Education (BCSE) is a volunteer-run organization in the United Kingdom that has the goal of "countering creationism within the UK" and was formed to campaign against the teaching of creationism in schools.
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, 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 heycan make out, it is not very active."
The Daylight Origins Society was founded in 1977 by John G. Campbell as the Counter Evolution Group. His origins science magazine was relaunched in 1991 under its present name, as a branch of CESHE. The current secretary of the Society is Anthony Nevard, a retired school teacher living in Hertfordshire. Polish academic and Member of the European ParliamentMaciej Giertych is an honorary member of the Society.
The Society have a website and issues a quarterly Catholic creationist journal titled ''Daylight'', published beginning in 1977 by Campbell, and after 1991, published and edited by Nevard. Its writers have included Giertych and it has reprinted works by historical Christian authors, including
G. K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English writer, philosopher, Christian apologist, and literary and art critic. He has been referred to as the "prince of paradox". Of his writing style, ''Time'' observed: "Wh ...
and
C. S. Lewis
Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British writer and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Oxford University (Magdalen College, 1925–1954) and Cambridge Univers ...
. In 2010 they launched a techni-colour cover edition of ''Daylight'', and the magazine is still in print today (2015).
The Kolbe Center for the study of Creation
The Kolbe Center is a Catholic organisation based in Mount Jackson, Virginia, in the United States. The Kolbe Center was founded on December 8, 2000.
Other organisations
*Institute for Science and Catholicism (United States) was founded in 2015. It publishes the book Creation, Evolution, and Catholicism: A Discussion for Those Who Believe in print and ebook format to promote the renewal of a Catholic theology of creation and a new science/faith synthesis based on sound scientific data and a serious approach to the Holy Scriptures in accordance with longstanding Church Tradition.
*Morning Star ( United States) was founded in 1994. It publishes a journal called ''The Watchmaker''.
*Centre d’Etudes et de Prospective sur la Science/Center for Studies and Prospective on Science ( France)
*The International Institute for Culture (United States), whose aim is Catholic cultural renewal, presented a lecture series on "Evolution: The Untold Story" with the theme "Latest Scientific Discoveries Challenge Darwinian Evolution’s Fitness to Survive" in October 2009. It featured intelligent design proponents Michael Behe and
John C. Sanford
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,
National Catholic Bioethics Center
The National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC) is a not-for-profit research center located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after previous locations in St. Louis (1972–1985) and Boston (1985–2004).Evolution: The Untold Story International Institute for Culture
*The
schismatic
Schismatic may refer to:
* Schismatic (religion), a member of a religious schism, or, as an adjective, of or pertaining to a schism
* a term related to the Covenanters, a Scottish Presbyterian movement in the 17th century
* pertaining to the schi ...
Most Holy Family Monastery
Most Holy Family Monastery (also stylized as MHFM) is a non-profit sedevacantist Feeneyite Catholic organization, based in Fillmore, New York. It is headed by two brothers, Brothers Michael and Peter Dimond. MHFM is known for its persistent de ...
Catholic Church and evolution
The Catholic Church holds no official position on the theory of creation or evolution, leaving the specifics of either theistic evolution or literal creationism to the individual within certain parameters established by the Church. According to ...
Flood geology
Flood geology (also creation geology or diluvial geology) is a pseudoscientific attempt to interpret and reconcile geological features of the Earth in accordance with a literal belief in the global flood described in Genesis 6–8. In the ea ...
Cath
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