What are the only difficulties found by some scientists in the Biblical account of the creation?
— The only difficulties found by some scientists in the Biblical account of the Creation are connected with the order or sequence of events followed in the Book of Genesis. • If we study the proper interpretation, even these difficulties will be found not to exist. The account in the Book of Genesis is in logical, not chronological, order. The writer groups together similar works of creation, for the easier understanding of a primitive people. • The Church has not made any positive definition of the way in which the Biblical account of Creation is to be interpreted. Catholics are free to accept the interpretation that they prefer, so long as they also accept the fact taught: that God created the whole universe and everything in it. • Neither Revelation nor Science gives a definite answer to the question concerning the age of the world. Geologists assert that long periods of time were necessary for the formation of the various strata of the earth’s surface. Astronomers assert that some
