Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ({{IPA|/pj?? teja? d? ?a?d??/}}; May 1, 1881 ? April 10, 1955), a Jesuit priest trained as a palaeontologist and a philosopher, was present at the discovery of Peking Man. Teilhard de Chardin popularized such ideas as the Omega Point and the Noosphere.

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May 1 - 1881 - April 10 - 1955 - Jesuit - Palaeontologist - Philosopher - Peking Man - Omega Point - Noosphere

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In setting forth this sweeping account of the unfolding of the material cosmos, he abandoned the literal interpretation of the two different accounts of creation in the Book of Genesis, in favor of a metaphorical interpretation. But he seemed to certain officials in the Roman Catholic Curia to have thereby undermined the doctrine of original sin that St. Paul and St. Augustine had developed from their understanding of the story of the Fall, and for this reason Teilhard's account became controversial with certain church officials.

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