Cardinal Thomas Cajetan (l.c. 1468-1534) was a Catholic theologian and philosopher best known for his disputations with Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546) beginning in 1518. Cajetan, a philosophical Humanist, was thought to have had the best chance of convincing Luther face-to-face of his errors and, when he failed, devoted himself to refuting Luther in writing.
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c. 1468 - 1534Life of Cardinal Thomas Cajetan, Catholic theologian and philosopher.
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c. 1483Thomas Cajetan becomes a Dominican monk at the age of fifteen.
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1507 - 1522Thomas Cajetan publishes his iconic work on the Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas.
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1508Thomas Cajetan is leader of the Dominican Order.
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1517Thomas Cajetan is made a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
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1518Cardinal Thomas Cajetan meets Martin Luther at Augsburg for disputation.
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1519 - 1520Cardinal Thomas Cajetan contributes to the papal bull Exsurge Domine threatening Martin Luther with excommunication.
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1520 - 1530Cardinal Thomas Cajetan continues to defend the precepts of the Catholic Church and denounce Protestant sects.
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1532Cardinal Thomas Cajetan publishes On Faith and Works.
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1534Cardinal Thomas Cajetan dies of natural causes at Rome.
