Immortale Dei
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Immortale Dei is an 1885 papal encyclical that outlines the Catholic Church’s teaching on the Christian constitution of states and the proper relationship between Church and civil authority.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Immortale Dei canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Immortale Dei Context triple: [Pope Leo XIII, authorOf, Immortale Dei]
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A.
De Opificio Dei
De Opificio Dei is an early Christian theological treatise by Lactantius that reflects on the creation of the world and the nature of God through philosophical argument.
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B.
De Ira Dei
De Ira Dei is a Christian theological treatise by Lactantius that defends and explains the concept of God's wrath against human sin and injustice.
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C.
Sublimis Deus
Sublimis Deus is a 1537 papal bull by Pope Paul III that declared the indigenous peoples of the Americas to be rational humans with souls who must not be enslaved.
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D.
The Immortal Seven
The Immortal Seven were a group of English nobles and officials who secretly invited William of Orange to invade England in 1688, helping to trigger the Glorious Revolution and the overthrow of King James II.
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E.
Fidelis ad Mortem
Fidelis ad Mortem is the Latin motto of the New York City Police Department, expressing a commitment to remain faithful unto death.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Immortale Dei Target entity description: Immortale Dei is an 1885 papal encyclical that outlines the Catholic Church’s teaching on the Christian constitution of states and the proper relationship between Church and civil authority.
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A.
De Opificio Dei
De Opificio Dei is an early Christian theological treatise by Lactantius that reflects on the creation of the world and the nature of God through philosophical argument.
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B.
De Ira Dei
De Ira Dei is a Christian theological treatise by Lactantius that defends and explains the concept of God's wrath against human sin and injustice.
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C.
Sublimis Deus
Sublimis Deus is a 1537 papal bull by Pope Paul III that declared the indigenous peoples of the Americas to be rational humans with souls who must not be enslaved.
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D.
The Immortal Seven
The Immortal Seven were a group of English nobles and officials who secretly invited William of Orange to invade England in 1688, helping to trigger the Glorious Revolution and the overthrow of King James II.
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E.
Fidelis ad Mortem
Fidelis ad Mortem is the Latin motto of the New York City Police Department, expressing a commitment to remain faithful unto death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | papal encyclical ⓘ |
| author | Pope Leo XIII ⓘ |
| cites |
Church Fathers
ⓘ
Sacred Scripture ⓘ St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Aquinas
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| condemns |
exclusion of the Church from public life
ⓘ
radical secularism ⓘ state indifferentism toward religion ⓘ |
| doctrinalFocus |
ecclesiology
ⓘ
natural law ⓘ political theology ⓘ |
| genre | doctrinal encyclical ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
19th-century conflicts between Church and liberal nation-states
ⓘ
post-French Revolution political order ⓘ |
| incipit | Immortale Dei self-link ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
20th-century Catholic social teaching
ⓘ
teaching of the Second Vatican Council on Church and state ⓘ |
| issuedBy |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
Holy See ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| magisterialStatus | part of the ordinary papal magisterium ⓘ |
| papacyOf | Pope Leo XIII ⓘ |
| placeInCorpus | major social encyclical of Pope Leo XIII ⓘ |
| positionOnChurchState |
affirms the independence and harmony of Church and civil power in their own spheres
ⓘ
rejects absolute separation of Church and state ⓘ rejects state supremacy over the Church in spiritual matters ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1885-11-01 ⓘ |
| relatedDocument |
Diuturnum Illud
ⓘ
“Libertas” ⓘ
surface form:
Libertas
social encyclical Rerum Novarum ⓘ
surface form:
Rerum Novarum
|
| religiousTradition | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| subject |
Christian constitution of states
ⓘ
civil authority ⓘ political modernity ⓘ relationship between Church and state ⓘ religious liberty ⓘ |
| teaches |
Church has authority in matters of faith and morals
ⓘ
citizens owe obedience to legitimate civil authority within moral limits ⓘ civil authority derives ultimately from God ⓘ civil power must respect the rights of the Church ⓘ states should recognize the true religion ⓘ |
| theologicalTradition |
Catholic social teaching
ⓘ
neo-scholasticism ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| viewOfDemocracy | does not condemn democracy as such but insists it be ordered to the common good and moral law ⓘ |
| viewOfLiberty | distinguishes true liberty from license ⓘ |
| year | 1885 ⓘ |
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Referenced by (6)
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subject surface form:
Gioacchino Pecci