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Don't forget George Lemaitre, Catholic priest and formulator of the Big Bang Theory.



Well Nicolaus Copernicus was maybe a priest (definitely received minor orders and served as a church canon), but that didn't seem to speed up the acceptance of heliocentrism by the church...


Which is great in hindsight because he wanted it dogma that the Sun was the center of the universe:)




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