Two examples of "concordism."

Sample A.

Pius XII is lauding the findings of Georges Lemaître, and considering that his Big Bang is in fact scientific proof of the Fiat Lux.

Sample B.

Creation Ministries International are tomorrow (published in Australia where it's already after midnight) featuring an article saying:

The big bang—Science or science fiction?
by Jim Mason | This article is from
Creation 44(3):42–45, July 2022
https://creation.com/big-bang

So, both samples are supposed to be "concordism" ... why?

Concordism is the supposedly counterintuitive and radical position that, when science is correctly done and when exegesis is correctly done, they will agree and not contradict.

The "sane" position according to those who coined the terms is, they will not contradict, but neither will they agree. In other words, to some Catholics over here in France, the default position is Non-Overlapping Magisteria.

So, in France and Madagascar, that is so default, that not sharing it has a special word, "concordism" ... or in French, "concordisme" - the wikipedia page in French links to exactly one other language, namely Malagasy - that is, the language of Madagascar ...

Possibly this comes from being unduly impressed by Georges Lemaître and his rejection of Pius XII, and how the rejection was reasoned. Because, you see, in matters of faith and science, to some over here in France, it is the scientist who rules about faith, not the pope who rules about the science ...

Hans Georg Lundahl
Paris
XVth Lord's Day after Pentecost
10.IX.2023

XV comes handy, in the rugby season ...