Adam & Eve Were Historical Persons. This Sermon was from a daily mass; it was given in response to some parents who called to tell me that their children understood their teacher to have taught them that Adam & Eve were not historical. The children were able to recite the standard protestant liberal diatribe that tells us that all myths are fiction. Since this is commonly taught in the Catholic School system, I myself have encountered it numerous times, I thought it needed a response. This idea betrays a classical misunderstanding of mythic structures common to modernism. I believe that the proper historical position must be presented if we are ever going to have true reform in the Church. The historicity of Adam and Eve goes right to the authority of Scripture, and therefore if eroded leads to an undermining of the entire Judeo-Christian message. We are not speaking about 'Catholic Fundamentalism' which according to Rev. Martin Marty the formost expert on Fundamentalism of all kinds, …Más