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Georges Lemaître's status as a pioneer cosmologist and catholic priest make him an iconic figure expressing the complementary compatibility of science and religion. His emphasis that creation is to be understood as concerned with the whole of the universe's history and not solely with its beginning is an essential insight. The greatest challenge to theology lies in the scientific prediction of ultimate cosmic futility. These and other relevant issues are briefly discussed.
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Polkinghorne, J. (2012). Some Theological Reflections. In: Holder, R., Mitton, S. (eds) Georges Lemaître: Life, Science and Legacy. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 395. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32254-9_14
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