"Teilhard de Chardin was, to say the least, a polymath: paleologist, geologist and theologian, lecturer in physics and chemistry, a Jesuit who synthesized science and faith. The Vatican found itself encouraging his scientific studies while all but silencing him on matters of faith. But a few years after his death his reputation began to be ""rehabilitated,"" not least by a young German theologian named Josef Ratzinger. (Wikipedia)"
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