Thomas Cajetan [SEP] position held
Thomas Cajetan
Thomas Cajetan (; 20 February 1469 – 9 August 1534), also known as Gaetanus, commonly Tommaso de Vio or Thomas de Vio, was an Italian philosopher, theologian, cardinal (from 1517 until his death) and the Master of the Order of Preachers 1508-18. He was a leading theologian of his day who is now best known as the spokesman for Catholic opposition to the teachings of Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation while he was the Pope's Legate in Augsburg, and perhaps also among Catholics
-line commentary on the "Prima Secundae" of Thomas's "Summa Theologica". On July 1, 1511, he took the position of master of theology at Cologne. In 1512, at the request of the factulies of both Heidelberg and Cologne, and with the permission of Thomas Cajetan—then Master General of the Order--, this commentary was published at Cologne under the title of "Expositio Comentaria . . . in Primam Secundae etc.".
He was also part of the Catholic response to the Lutherans,