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This startling idea first appeared in scientific form in 1931, in a paper by Georges Lemaître, a Belgian cosmologist and Catholic priest. The theory, accepted by nearly all astronomers today, was a radical departure from scientific orthodoxy in the 1930s.
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Oct 4, 2023 · George Lemaitre: The Catholic Priest Who Proposed the Big Bang Theory — Thomistic Institute.