Revd Dr Gareth Leyshon examines the idea of scientific truth and how science and Scripture inform particular areas of Catholic teaching.
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Revd Dr Gareth Leyshon is a parish priest in the South Wales Valleys, who read physics at Oxford and completed a doctorate at Cardiff (a study of the structure of distant galaxies) before entering seminary.
Fr Gareth discovers that in the Bible, Noah is not only depicted as the first climate scientist but also, the first biochemist.
Fr Gareth looks at Scripture, Tradition and Science to help us understand why baptism is an important sacrament in our Church’s teaching and practice.
Fr Gareth explores what the Bible says about our essence and identity. Do our popular terms help us to understand the human person better and make good decisions in life?
Fr Gareth explores the nature of Holy Communion through examining Jesus’ miracles and what we know in science about different truths.
Fr Gareth explores our family lines and turns to our ancestors and genealogies in the Bible to consider their spiritual significance.
Fr Gareth considers whether human beings are ‘special’ or just different from all the other creatures and what we mean by ‘human’ anyway?
Fr Gareth asks whether the universe, with all the creatures in it, was created by a miracle or a natural process? What might this mean to call God, Creator?
Fr Gareth explores whether we are created male and female? But does science support one of the most sensitive claims in Scripture, that we are created male or female?
