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evolution infinitely greater than that which separates 

 organic from inorganic. The existence of a " nova 

 relatio " is creatianism, for it implies that man is 

 a new and distinct order of being, and this implies 

 a creative act which cannot be reduced to evolu- 

 tion. And here, again, while all traducianism is a 

 form of creation, there is such a thing as creatianism 

 which cannot be expressed in terms of tradu- 

 cianism, 



I have tried to keep carefully to the terms of my 

 paper, " Creation and Creatianism," but, at the same 

 time, I cannot but feel that our judgment in this / 

 matter determines other questions. St. Athanasius, 

 in his treatise " De Incarnatione," keeps closely 

 together creation and re-creation, 'Amy/cr? yap 

 Xeyovrag TTtpl rfje dg ripac; ein^avda^ TOV 

 Aeyftv /cat irtpl rfje rwv avOpwTrwv ap\r\ (ch. iv.), 

 because false views about creation, or indistinct 

 language about creation, logically issues in false 

 or hazy views about the Incarnation. If we can 

 explain creation in terms of evolution, I cannot 

 see why we cannot so explain the Incarnation, 

 The materials for such a process are already to 

 our hand. We have only got to read an Alex- 

 andrian, instead of a Palestinian, meaning into the 

 doctrine of the AOFOS in St. John's Gospel. We 

 have more than one Neo-Platonic catch-word in 

 the Epistle to the Hebrews. John Scotus Erigena 

 has worked it all out for us. The nothing out of 



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