The doctrinal motive for Pope Zachary's reprimand of the doctrine of plurality of worlds was to prevent the introduction of novel ideas that would challenge the unity of the human family and complicate the understanding of the relationship to God for beings who were not descendants of Adam, specifically regarding original sin.

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• Person: Not available Organization: Interdisciplinary Encyclopedia of Religion and Science
  Extraterrestrial life - Inters.org

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• Extraterrestrial life - Inters.org inters.org Interdisciplinary Encyclopedia of Religion and Science via serper

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• Adam entity