All the sciences are but the handmaids of theology; reason can discover some of the moral truths that form the groundwork of the Christian system, but others it can only receive and apprehend through divine illumination.
Alle videnskaber er blot teologiens tjenestepiger; fornuft kan afdække nogle af de moralske sandheder, som form grundlaget i det kristne system, men andre kan den kun modtage og begribe gennem guddommelig oplysning.