Descent of the Holy Spirit

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Christian religious event New Testament event Pentecost event

The Descent of the Holy Spirit is the Pentecost event in Christian belief when the Holy Spirit came upon the apostles, empowering them to preach and marking the birth of the Church.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Descent of the Holy Spirit canonical	2
Descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost	2
The Descent of the Holy Spirit	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T934969 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Descent of the Holy Spirit
Context triple: [Glorious Mysteries, hasMystery, Descent of the Holy Spirit]

A. De Spiritu Sancto
De Spiritu Sancto is a theological treatise by Ambrose of Milan that systematically defends and explains the divinity and personhood of the Holy Spirit within the Christian Trinity.
B. Spirit of Christ
The Spirit of Christ is a Christian theological term referring to the Holy Spirit as the presence and power of the risen Jesus active in believers and the Church.
C. The Light of Faith
The Light of Faith is an encyclical letter of Pope Francis (begun by Benedict XVI) that reflects on the nature, role, and contemporary relevance of Christian faith.
D. The Glory of Christ
The Glory of Christ is a classic work of Reformed Christian theology by John Owen that meditates on the person and work of Jesus Christ and the believer’s beholding of His glory.
E. Inter Mirifica
Inter Mirifica is a decree of the Second Vatican Council that addresses the role, responsibilities, and moral use of social communications media in the life of the Church and society.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Descent of the Holy Spirit
Target entity description: The Descent of the Holy Spirit is the Pentecost event in Christian belief when the Holy Spirit came upon the apostles, empowering them to preach and marking the birth of the Church.

A. De Spiritu Sancto
De Spiritu Sancto is a theological treatise by Ambrose of Milan that systematically defends and explains the divinity and personhood of the Holy Spirit within the Christian Trinity.
B. Spirit of Christ
The Spirit of Christ is a Christian theological term referring to the Holy Spirit as the presence and power of the risen Jesus active in believers and the Church.
C. The Light of Faith
The Light of Faith is an encyclical letter of Pope Francis (begun by Benedict XVI) that reflects on the nature, role, and contemporary relevance of Christian faith.
D. The Glory of Christ
The Glory of Christ is a classic work of Reformed Christian theology by John Owen that meditates on the person and work of Jesus Christ and the believer’s beholding of His glory.
E. Inter Mirifica
Inter Mirifica is a decree of the Second Vatican Council that addresses the role, responsibilities, and moral use of social communications media in the life of the Church and society.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian religious event ⓘ New Testament event ⓘ Pentecost event ⓘ
associatedDoctrine	apostolic authority ⓘ charisms of the Spirit ⓘ indwelling of the Holy Spirit ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Peter’s Pentecost sermon ⓘ
associatedWithFeast	Pentecost ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Apostle Peter ⓘ surface form: Saint Peter
celebratedOn	50th day after Easter ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Christian liturgy ⓘ Pentecost ⓘ surface form: Pentecost Sunday Mass Pentecost vigil ⓘ
commemoratedByPrayer	Sequence Veni Sancte Spiritus ⓘ Veni Creator Spiritus ⓘ
depictedIn	Christian iconography ⓘ Eastern Orthodox icons of Pentecost ⓘ Western Christian art of Pentecost ⓘ
fulfilled	Old Testament prophecy of Joel 2:28–32 ⓘ promise of Jesus about the Paraclete ⓘ
hasCanonicalAccountIn	Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
hasPrimaryBiblicalReference	Acts 2:1–4 ⓘ
immediateConsequence	about three thousand baptisms ⓘ
involves	God the Holy Spirit ⓘ surface form: Holy Spirit Virgin Mary ⓘ surface form: Mary, the mother of Jesus apostles ⓘ other disciples ⓘ
isCentralTo	Christian pneumatology ⓘ ecclesiology ⓘ
linkedTo	Great Commission ⓘ mission to the nations ⓘ
liturgicalColor	red (in many Western churches) ⓘ
manifestedAs	sound like a rushing mighty wind ⓘ tongues as of fire ⓘ
marks	beginning of apostolic preaching ⓘ birth of the Church ⓘ
prefiguredBy	Old Testament theophanies of fire and wind ⓘ
resultedIn	apostolic boldness ⓘ formation of the early Christian community ⓘ mass conversions ⓘ speaking in other tongues ⓘ
symbolizedBy	dove ⓘ fire ⓘ wind ⓘ
theologicalSignificance	beginning of sacramental life of the Church ⓘ empowerment for mission ⓘ inauguration of the New Covenant community ⓘ outpouring of the Holy Spirit on all flesh ⓘ
tookPlaceAt	Shavuot ⓘ surface form: feast of Shavuot (Jewish Pentecost)
tookPlaceIn	Jerusalem ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Glorious Mysteries → hasMystery → Descent of the Holy Spirit ⓘ

Glorious Mysteries → focusesOn → Descent of the Holy Spirit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

Jean Restout the Younger → notableWork → Descent of the Holy Spirit ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Descent of the Holy Spirit

Orations on Easter and Pentecost → focusesOnEvent → Descent of the Holy Spirit ⓘ

King David’s Tomb complex → associatedWith → Descent of the Holy Spirit ⓘ