Protestant Theologian

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    So the old flute was doomed and its fate was pathetic,
    ‘Twas fastened and burned at the stake as heretic,
    While the flames roared around it they heard a strange
    noise—
    ‘Twas the old flute still whistling ‘The Protestant Boys’.
    —Unknown. The Old Orange Flute (l. 37–40)

    The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness.
    Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274)