Original sentence: According to Ludwig Ott in his Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma, these condemnations are to be understood of the error of modern materialism (that matter is all there is), the error of pantheism (that God is all there is), and ancient pagan and gnostic-manichean dualism (where God is not responsible for the entire created world, since mere "matter" is evil not good, see Ott, page 79).Concerning the doctrine on creation, Ludwig Ott in his Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma (originally published in 1952 in German) identifies the following points as essential beliefs of the Catholic faith ("De Fide"):.Paragraph 283 has been noted as making a positive comment regarding the theory of evolution, with the clarification that "many scientific studies" which have enriched knowledge of "the development of life-forms and the appearance of man" refers to mainstream science and not to "creation science"
Edited sentence: According to Ludwig Ott and his authoritative Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma, these condemnations are to be understood of the error of modern materialism (that matter is all there is), the error of pantheism (that God is all there is), and ancient pagan and gnostic-manichean dualism (where God is not responsible for the entire created world, since mere "matter" is evil not good, see Ott, page 79).Concerning the doctrine on creation, Ludwig Ott in his authoritative Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma affirms the following points (De Fide are essential beliefs "of Catholic faith"):.Jimmy Akin, "Evolution and the Magisterium" from This Rock, January 2004