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Fortinbras Armstrong

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6. Br. Guy is far from being the only religious figure with credentials as an astronomer.

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Wed Jul 16, 2014, 07:53 AM

Jul 2014

Another example is Monsignor Georges Lemaitre (1894 – 1966), the first astronomer to describe the expansion of the universe (he beat Edwin Hubble to it by two years). He also was one of the first to propose the Big Bang Theory.

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He sounds like one swell fella Trajan Jul 2014 #1

the article does not list them in detail. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #2

Here: rug Jul 2014 #3

thank you. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #4

You're welcome. rug Jul 2014 #5

Br. Guy is far from being the only religious figure with credentials as an astronomer. Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2014 #6