▁general ▁cons ensus , ▁established ▁by ▁long ▁struggle ▁among ▁people ▁of ▁good will ▁in ▁both ▁mag ister ia ." ▁Some ▁have ▁critic ized ▁the ▁idea ▁or ▁suggested ▁limitations ▁to ▁it , ▁and ▁there ▁continues ▁to ▁be ▁disag re ement ▁over ▁where ▁the ▁boundaries ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁mag ister ia ▁should ▁be . ▁ ▁G ould ' s ▁separate ▁mag ister ia ▁In ▁a ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁ess ay ▁" Non - over la pping ▁Mag ister ia " ▁for ▁Natural ▁History ▁magazine , ▁and ▁later ▁in ▁his ▁book ▁Ro cks ▁of ▁A ges ▁( 1 9 9 9 ), ▁G ould ▁put ▁forward ▁what ▁he ▁described ▁as ▁" a ▁bl essed ly ▁simple ▁and ▁entirely ▁conventional ▁resolution ▁to ▁. ▁. ▁. ▁the ▁supposed ▁conflict ▁between ▁science ▁and ▁religion ", ▁from ▁his ▁puzz lement ▁over ▁the ▁need ▁and ▁reception ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁address ▁of ▁Pope ▁John ▁Paul ▁II ▁to ▁the ▁Pont ific al ▁Academy ▁of ▁Sciences ▁" Tr uth ▁Cannot ▁Con trad ict ▁Tr uth ". ▁ ▁He ▁draw s ▁the ▁term ▁mag ister ium ▁from ▁Pope ▁P ius ▁XII ' s ▁en cyc lic al , ▁Hum ani ▁gener is ▁( 1 9 5 0 ), ▁and ▁defines ▁it ▁as ▁" a ▁domain ▁where ▁one ▁form ▁of ▁teaching ▁holds ▁the ▁appropriate ▁tools ▁for ▁meaning ful ▁disc ourse ▁and ▁resolution ", ▁and ▁describes ▁the ▁NO MA ▁principle ▁as ▁" S cience ▁tries ▁to ▁document ▁the ▁fact ual ▁character ▁of ▁the ▁natural ▁world , ▁and ▁to ▁develop ▁theories ▁that