Voetius asserted that the true (i.e., Reformed) scholastic method vastly differs from theirs in content though not in method. Echoing Renaissance objections, he charged the medieval scholastics with dwelling on “useless, vain, dangerous, absurd, and even blasphemous questions and problems.” In line with Luther and Calvin, he argued that their knowledge of Scripture and theology was weak at best; consequently, their principles are based on human authority, which they often misread, be it Aristotle