Mit brennender Sorge
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Mit brennender Sorge is a 1937 papal encyclical that condemned Nazi ideology, particularly its racism and totalitarianism, and defended the rights of the Catholic Church in Germany.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mit brennender Sorge canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2412552 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mit brennender Sorge Context triple: [Pope Pius XI, authorOf, Mit brennender Sorge]
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A.
The Fire
The Fire is a Major League Soccer club based in Chicago, Illinois, known formally as Chicago Fire FC.
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B.
The Silent Cry
The Silent Cry is a dark, introspective novel by Nobel Prize–winning Japanese author Kenzaburō Ōe that explores family trauma, guilt, and the search for meaning in postwar rural Japan.
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C.
Das letzte Jahr
Das letzte Jahr is a work by German writer and actress Erika Mann, known for its reflection of the political and personal upheavals surrounding exile and the rise of Nazism.
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D.
The Seamstress
The Seamstress is a painting by French Post-Impressionist artist Édouard Vuillard, known for its intimate domestic interior and subtle, decorative use of color and pattern.
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E.
Il fuoco
"Il fuoco" is a 1900 novel by Italian writer Gabriele D’Annunzio, renowned for its decadent style and its thinly veiled portrayal of his passionate affair with actress Eleonora Duse against the backdrop of fin-de-siècle Venice.
- 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: Mit brennender Sorge Target entity description: Mit brennender Sorge is a 1937 papal encyclical that condemned Nazi ideology, particularly its racism and totalitarianism, and defended the rights of the Catholic Church in Germany.
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A.
The Fire
The Fire is a Major League Soccer club based in Chicago, Illinois, known formally as Chicago Fire FC.
-
B.
The Silent Cry
The Silent Cry is a dark, introspective novel by Nobel Prize–winning Japanese author Kenzaburō Ōe that explores family trauma, guilt, and the search for meaning in postwar rural Japan.
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C.
Das letzte Jahr
Das letzte Jahr is a work by German writer and actress Erika Mann, known for its reflection of the political and personal upheavals surrounding exile and the rise of Nazism.
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D.
The Seamstress
The Seamstress is a painting by French Post-Impressionist artist Édouard Vuillard, known for its intimate domestic interior and subtle, decorative use of color and pattern.
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E.
Il fuoco
"Il fuoco" is a 1900 novel by Italian writer Gabriele D’Annunzio, renowned for its decadent style and its thinly veiled portrayal of his passionate affair with actress Eleonora Duse against the backdrop of fin-de-siècle Venice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic social teaching document
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papal encyclical ⓘ |
| addressedTo | Catholic bishops in Germany ⓘ |
| asserts |
binding force of the Reichskonkordat
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dignity of the human person ⓘ rights of conscience ⓘ supremacy of God over the state ⓘ |
| author | Pope Pius XI ⓘ |
| condemns |
Nazi racism
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neo-paganism in Nazi ideology ⓘ state idolatry ⓘ violations of the Reichskonkordat ⓘ |
| criticizedBy | Nazi authorities ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Nazi racial theories
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Nazi totalitarianism ⓘ breach of international agreements ⓘ state interference in Church affairs ⓘ |
| dateOfPromulgation | 1937-03-14 ⓘ |
| defends |
Catholic education
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Catholic youth organizations ⓘ freedom to preach the Gospel ⓘ rights of the Catholic Church in Germany ⓘ |
| distributed | secretly in Germany ⓘ |
| documentType | encyclical letter ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Nazi Germany
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pre-World War II Europe ⓘ |
| influenced |
Catholic resistance to Nazism
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later Catholic teaching on human rights ⓘ |
| issuedBy | Holy See ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
condemnation of Nazi ideology
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critique of racism ⓘ defense of the Catholic Church in Germany ⓘ religious freedom ⓘ totalitarianism ⓘ |
| notableAs |
first papal encyclical written primarily in German
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one of the first major Catholic condemnations of Nazism ⓘ |
| placeOfPromulgation | Vatican City ⓘ |
| promulgatedBy | Pope Pius XI ⓘ |
| readIn | Catholic churches in Germany ⓘ |
| readOn | Palm Sunday 1937 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Nazi persecution of the Catholic Church
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Reichskonkordat ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| resultedIn | increased Nazi reprisals against the Church in Germany ⓘ |
| theologicalFocus |
Christocentrism
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monotheism ⓘ natural law ⓘ |
| yearOfPublication | 1937 ⓘ |
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Subject: Mit brennender Sorge Description of subject: Mit brennender Sorge is a 1937 papal encyclical that condemned Nazi ideology, particularly its racism and totalitarianism, and defended the rights of the Catholic Church in Germany.
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