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Do science and faith contradict?

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In short: No. Faith goes beyond reason, but never against it, because the same God made both. CCC 159

The answer, in writing

Church teaching

“Though faith is above reason, there can never be any real discrepancy between faith and reason,” because the same God gave us both. CCC 159

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Many scientists were Catholic, including a priest, Georges Lemaître, who proposed what became the Big Bang theory.

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  1. Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 159 (official text on vatican.va).

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