John Beston facts for kids

John Beston was an English writer and religious leader who lived a long time ago, in the 1400s. He was a very smart man who studied and wrote about religious ideas. He was also a prior, which means he was a leader of a special religious community called a Carmelite convent in a town called Bishop's Lynn.

John Beston earned high degrees in religious studies, becoming a "doctor in theology" from both Cambridge University in England and Paris in France. People thought he was a great thinker and speaker. In 1423, he was chosen to go to an important meeting called the Council of Sienna. He passed away in Bishop's Lynn in 1428.

Writings and Ideas

John Beston wrote many books and papers during his lifetime. These writings covered different topics, mostly about religious ideas and philosophy. Here are some of his known works:

• Lecturæ Sacræ Scripturæ (Writings on Holy Scripture)
• Sermones in Evangelia (Sermons on the Gospels)
• Sermones in Epistolas Apostolorum (Sermons on the Apostles' Letters)
• Compendium Theologiæ Moralis (A Summary of Moral Theology)
• De Virtutibus et Vitiis oppositis (On Virtues and Opposite Vices)
• Quæstiones Ordinariæ (Ordinary Questions)
• Super Universalia Roberti Holcothi (On the Universals of Robert Holcot)
• Rudimenta Logices (Basics of Logic)
• Epistolæ as diversos (Letters to Various People)
• Sacræ Conciones (Holy Discourses)
• De Trinitate Determinationes (Determinations on the Trinity)

Some people believe that several of his original writings are still kept in the University Library at Cambridge. However, they are not listed in the official catalog of the library.