But Thomas Aquinas PRECEDED the "Reformation." Surely Luther et al, particularly Henry VIII did not discard Thomas!!
Much of the corruption of the RCC also preceded the Reformation -- the mariolatry dates from as early as the 6th century -- and that corruption It was the cause and necessity of it. I don't know whether Luther discarded the scholastics, but I sure have. I find more value in the pagan philosophers (who didn't know of Christ) than in the scholastics (who purported knew of Him and ignored Him).