Luther declared that the study of Aristotle is wholly useless; his vilification of that Greek philosopher knew no bounds.

He is, says Luther, "truly a devil, a horrid calumniator, a wicked sycophant, a prince of darkness, a real Apollyon, a beast, a most horrid impostor on mankind, one in whom there is scarcely any philosophy, a public and professed liar, a goat, a complete epicure, this twice execrable Aristotle." The schoolmen were, so Luther said, "locusts, caterpillars, frogs, lice." He entertained an abhorrence for them.

These opinions, though not so emphatically expressed, were entertained by Calvin.

So far as science is concerned, nothing is owed to the Reformation.

The Procrustean bed of the Pentateuch was still before her.
In the annals of Christianity the most ill-omened day is that in which she separated herself from science.