Days or Periods (1): The Concordistic Theory (Various Attempts to “Harmonize” the Scriptural Account of Creation with the “Findings of Science”)

VARIOUS ATTEMPTS TO "HARMONIZE" THE SCRIPTURAL ACCOUNT OF CREATION WITH THE "FINDINGS OF SCIENCE". The ideal or allegorical interpretation. This theory of the account of creation is called the "ideal" because it maintains the idea if not the historical narrative of creation according to Holy Writ. Genesis 1 is not a historical description of the work of creation but a poetical setting forth of this creative work of the Lord. The six days of creation must not be regarded as chronological...