Protestant scholasticism or Protestant orthodoxy[1] was academic theology practiced by Protestant theologians using the scholastic method during the era of Calvinist and Lutheran orthodoxy from the 16th to 18th centuries.
[1] Protestant scholasticism developed out of the need to clearly define and defend church doctrine against the Catholic Church and other Protestant churches.
Anglicanism never developed a scholastic theology; however, Anglican writers in the 1600s studied early Christian writings to prove that Anglicanism had faithfully followed the teachings and practices of the early Church.
[2] Protestant scholasticism "became the dominant organizational approach to teaching theology in the academies" before its influence began to wane in the 17th and 18th centuries.
[3] Martin Luther was highly critical of Aristotelianism in medieval theology, but was mainly influenced by William of Ockham.