Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which is supposed; the thing denoted by a name in a given proposition. See the quotation under suppositality.
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- noun logic Something
supposed to betrue ; anassumption
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Examples
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Now what is predicated is said of the suppositum, which is implied by the word "Christ."
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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"God," but by reason of the suppositum, which is a hypostasis of human nature.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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Reply Obj. 2: This one suppositum, which is of the human and Divine natures, was first of the Divine Nature, i.e. from eternity.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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The suppositum is a suppositum as being ens in the strictest sense of the term.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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A person is therefore sometimes defined as suppositum naturae rationalis.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Therefore "suppositum" and nature in them are identified.
The Robinson-Blosser Debate on Divine Simplicity Mike L 2005
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Therefore "suppositum" and nature in them are identified.
Archive 2005-06-01 Mike L 2005
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Now Christ, as this Man, is God, since by "this Man" we signify the eternal suppositum which is God naturally.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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Thus person is a subdivision of suppositum which is applied equally to rational and irrational, living and non-living individuals.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Christ Jesus, "we signify the eternal suppositum, which is the Person of the Son of God, because there is only one suppositum of both natures.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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