[daniel1212]

Over a thousand years before Darwin, Augustine of Hippo wrote that God embedded “seeds” in Creation that would emerge at a later time. I think he used the image of an acorn developing into an oak tree, something that he might have borrowed from Aristotle.

No wonder he was a Catholic.Under that premise all the beliefs and that were not manifest in the most ancient and wholly inspired record of the NT church can be justified like as a bear becoming a whale. reliable su

[Pelham]

“No wonder he was a Catholic”

Augustine lived from 354 to 430 AD.

The Great Schism occurred in 1054

The Reformation occurred 1517 – 1648

His options were somewhat limited.

Luther, Calvin and Zwingli all drew upon Augustine so they might not have seen your point.