“From a theoretical point of view, the search for a compromise between reason and religion marks the evolution of Christian thought and nourishes the philosophy of the church fathers, from Saint Augustine to Saint Thomas. Seen from the point of view of a modern scientist, these efforts have a kind of desperate, tragic grandeur. Other times they seem to be clutching at straws: great intelligences on a quest for improbable distinctions. At times they become altogether grotesque….”

from his book, Anaximander and the Birth of Science