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Thomas of Sutton

1230 – 1320

English Dominican theologian

Theologian Deacon
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Lived 1230 – 1320 (aged 89–90). Thomas of Sutton was an English theologian and deacon.

Thomas of Sutton (died after 1315) was an English Dominican theologian, an early Thomist.

He was ordained as deacon in 1274 by Walter Giffard, and joined the Dominicans in the 1270s; he may have been a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford before that. He became doctor of theology in 1282.

Works He wrote a large number of works, in some of which he opposed Duns Scotus.

The following works are among those authored by him: Commentarium in IV sententiarum libros Contra pluralitatem formarum De productione formae substantialis Liber propugnatorius contra I Sent. Duns Scoti Super IV librum Sent. Duns Scoti Contra Quodlibeta Joh. Duns Scoti Contra librum primum et quartum commentarii Oxoniensis Johannis Duns Scoti Contra I-III lib. Sent. Roberti Cowton Impugnat. Aegidium Romanum De ente et essentia Quaestiones disputatae Quaestiones ordinariae Quodlibeta Sermones

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Born
1230
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Died
1320
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Also known as
Thomas Sutton, de Sutona Thomas

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English Dominican theologian

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Thomas of Sutton was a theologian and deacon.

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Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Thomas of Sutton

· Wikidata: Q3525718

· DBpedia: Thomas of Sutton

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