Course Description
In the summer of 2024, Hugh Owen taught a 10-week class hosted by Teach to the Text on his book I Have Spoken to You from Heaven: A Catholic Defense of Creation in Six Days. In this book, arguments for creation in six days are presented from Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, Magisterial teaching, history and natural science. This small book demonstrates that the evidence for the truth that God created the heavens, the earth, the seas and all they contain in six natural days is so overwhelming that the Magisterium—the teaching authority of the Catholic Church—has all of the precedent that it needs to define this truth once and for all in the future.
In this self-paced course, you can watch the recordings from the class. Mr. Owen gave a 30-45 minute presentation each week followed by 15-30 minutes of Q&A for ten hours of educational viewing. Course text sold separately.
Course Text
"I Have Spoken To You from Heaven": A Catholic Defense of Creation in Six Days
This book has an Imprimatur which was granted by Bishop Cornelius K. arap Korir, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Eldoret, Kenya, on the Feast of St. Jerome, September 30, 2015.
Must be purchased separately.
The Teacher
Hugh Owen is the convert son of Sir David Owen, a former secretary general of International Planned Parenthood Federation. Mr. Owen directs the Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation which provides a forum for Catholic theologians, philosophers, and natural scientists all over the world who defend the traditional Catholic doctrine of creation that was handed down from the Apostles and who are dedicated to making sure that the evidence for and against the evolutionary hypothesis is made available to Church leaders and to the lay faithful. Mr. Owen and his colleagues have participated in conferences on creation and evolution at major academic centers in Europe, including several conferences in Rome and a conference at Gustav Siewerth Akademie in Germany which received the explicit blessing and encouragement of Pope Benedict XVI. He is a member of the recently-founded John Paul II Academy for Human Life and the Family. He and his wife Maria have nine children, including one who is a novice with the Benedictines of Mary, and 20 grandchildren (so far!). They live in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley, near Mt. Jackson, Virginia.
Reading Schedule
Video 1 - Chapter 1
Video 2 - Chapters 2 and 3
Video 3 - Chapter 4 and Appendix II
Video 4 - Chapter 5
Video 5 - Chapters 6 and 7
Video 6 - Chapter 8
Video 7 - Chapters 9 and 10
Video 8 - Chapter 11
Video 9 - Chapter 12 and Conclusion
Video 10 - Appendix I
Note: Course text must be purchased separately.
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