Draper's History of the Intellectual Development of Europe

Draper made a crucial distinction that most historians of science have forgotten or ignored. In discussing the so called paganization of christianity under emperor constantine, draper distinguished between christianity and ecclesiastical organizations. So draper obviously is drawing his narrative from protestant historians. Draper thinks he's mainly calling out catholic corruptions. But as people read his and white's works, the critiques of catholicism begin to be applied to all forms ofchristianity. Faith itself is opposed to science.