However, it would rein in Catholics who proposed that evolution could be reconciled with the Bible, as this conflicted with the First Vatican Council's (1869–70) finding that everything was created out of nothing by God, and to deny that finding could lead to excommunication.
Porén, a Igrexa Católica refreou aos católicos que propoñían que a evolución podía ser reconciliada coa Biblia, xa que isto estaba en conflito co Concilio Vaticano Primeiro (1869-70) que sinalara que todo foi creado do nada por Deus, e que negar isto podía levar á excomuñón.