nice trivia!

And the scientist Fred Hoyle named it as such.

Just shows what a Jesuit education can produce!

@Geoffrey51 Hoyle was educated by Jesuits? An interesting book is How The Catholic Church Built Western Civilization by Thomas E. Woods [amazon.com]

There have been bad episodes in the Catholic Church. Given 2000 years and billions of people that is inevitable. But I believe the net effect has been positive. Not only for general well being but also for scientific progress.

Galileo was taught reading, writing and arithmetic by Catholic priests. He attended and worked at a university built by a pope. He did some of his most important work during his house arrest (essentially a paid vacation). Without the Catholic Church there would have been no Galileo.

@HopDavid No Lemaitre was a Jesuit scholar. I am sure Hoyle would have been Oxbridge. I totally agree about medieval education. Created some brilliant theological minds encouraged to study God's creation. Then of course the Enlighrenment takes over the baton. Not forgetting Mendel, an Augustinian monk I think in C19 of course and his peas opening up the door for the study of heredity and ultimately genetics.

read up on the The Christian doctrine of the Trinity holds that God is one but three coeternal consubstantial persons or hypostases—the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit.
[en.wikipedia.org]

@Lukian not a good response for this site sir, nobody is interested in your referral to Christian doctrine

@magicwatch I really hope that's irony?

@Lukian irony is lost on the ignorant, but can't remember who said that quote ?

Sorry Pip I think I missed a bit somewhere. I don't think anyone mentioned Jesus and creating the universe as that is Christian doctrine. Probably a bit of a no go area here!?

@Lukian The whole religion bullshit is bullshit.