Great interview. I went through the Aquinas and Evolution text a number of years ago. I will say, as a Thomist, I agree with Fr. Chaberek. I think the argument regarding the communication of natures is what really did it for me. At the heart of it, you cannot give what you don't first possess. If a creature doesn't possess a certain nature, it cannot pass on that new and distinct nature without there being a new act of creation, that is, divine causality. As a Thomist, I know I am in the minority on this belief.
I agree with you (and Fr. Chaberek). More Catholics should be made aware that this is actually what St. Thomas taught and that theistic/Thomistic evolution is a fundamental departure from his thought.
Great interview. I went through the Aquinas and Evolution text a number of years ago. I will say, as a Thomist, I agree with Fr. Chaberek. I think the argument regarding the communication of natures is what really did it for me. At the heart of it, you cannot give what you don't first possess. If a creature doesn't possess a certain nature, it cannot pass on that new and distinct nature without there being a new act of creation, that is, divine causality. As a Thomist, I know I am in the minority on this belief.
I agree with you (and Fr. Chaberek). More Catholics should be made aware that this is actually what St. Thomas taught and that theistic/Thomistic evolution is a fundamental departure from his thought.