While there's not official doctrines on the subject, most have no problem merging the idea of 7 creative «periods» that may have been many years in length and involved evolutionary aspects. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
But the former were never systematically excised from official doctrine, and Aristotle quickly recaptured a leading place in Lutheran theological education. (religion-online.org)
Furthermore, as official doctrine this orthodoxy instills self - doubt in many thinking Christians and serves to keep them Out of the mainstream of Church thought and life. (religion-online.org)