"The opposition which professedly exists between natural science and Christianity really exists between an impulse derived from natural religion blended with the scientific investigation of nature, and the validity of the Christian view of the world, which assures to spirit its pre-eminence over the entire world of nature," says Ritschl (Rechtfertgung und Versöhnung, iii. chap. iv. § 28).
"Zientzia naturalaren eta erlijio kristauaren artean gertatzen den elkarjotze hori ez da, egiaz, erlijio naturalaren instintuak, natur behapen zientifikoan urtuak, eta Unibertsoaren kristau kontzepzioaren balioak, izpirituari mundu natural guztian lehentasuna bermatzen dionak, elkarren artean darabiltena besterik" dio Ritschl-ek (Rechtfertigung und Versöhnung, III, IV.