Last Gospel
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The Last Gospel is a traditional reading of the prologue of the Gospel of John that concludes the celebration of the Tridentine Mass in the Roman Catholic liturgy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Last Gospel canonical | 2 |
| Last Gospel of John | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T211575 — 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: Last Gospel Context triple: [Tridentine Mass, contains, Last Gospel]
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A.
A Call from Heaven
"A Call from Heaven" is a 17th-century religious work by Puritan minister Increase Mather that exhorts readers to piety and spiritual preparation for death and the afterlife.
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B.
First and the Last
"First and the Last" is a biblical title for God or Christ that emphasizes divine eternity, sovereignty, and existence beyond the beginning and end of time.
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C.
Resurrection
Resurrection is a 1899 novel by Leo Tolstoy that explores themes of moral redemption, social injustice, and spiritual awakening through the story of a nobleman seeking to atone for a wrong done to a peasant woman.
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D.
The Trial of God
The Trial of God is a play by Elie Wiesel that dramatizes a mock trial of God in a Jewish village devastated by a pogrom, exploring faith, suffering, and divine justice in the shadow of the Holocaust.
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E.
Return to Zion
Return to Zion refers to the period and movement in which Jewish exiles returned from Babylon to their ancestral homeland and rebuilt their religious and communal life, including the restoration of the Temple in Jerusalem.
- 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: Last Gospel Target entity description: The Last Gospel is a traditional reading of the prologue of the Gospel of John that concludes the celebration of the Tridentine Mass in the Roman Catholic liturgy.
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A.
A Call from Heaven
"A Call from Heaven" is a 17th-century religious work by Puritan minister Increase Mather that exhorts readers to piety and spiritual preparation for death and the afterlife.
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B.
First and the Last
"First and the Last" is a biblical title for God or Christ that emphasizes divine eternity, sovereignty, and existence beyond the beginning and end of time.
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C.
Resurrection
Resurrection is a 1899 novel by Leo Tolstoy that explores themes of moral redemption, social injustice, and spiritual awakening through the story of a nobleman seeking to atone for a wrong done to a peasant woman.
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D.
The Trial of God
The Trial of God is a play by Elie Wiesel that dramatizes a mock trial of God in a Jewish village devastated by a pogrom, exploring faith, suffering, and divine justice in the shadow of the Holocaust.
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E.
Return to Zion
Return to Zion refers to the period and movement in which Jewish exiles returned from Babylon to their ancestral homeland and rebuilt their religious and communal life, including the restoration of the Temple in Jerusalem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic liturgical tradition
ⓘ
Tridentine Mass element ⓘ liturgical reading ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Final Gospel
ⓘ
Last Gospel ⓘ
surface form:
Last Gospel of John
|
| associatedCouncil |
Council of Trent
ⓘ
surface form:
Council of Trent (indirectly, via Tridentine codification)
|
| associatedWith |
Tridentine Mass
ⓘ
surface form:
Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
Gospel of John ⓘ
surface form:
Prologue of John
|
| celebratedOn | most days in the Tridentine calendar ⓘ |
| codifiedIn |
Missale Romanum
ⓘ
surface form:
Missal of Pius V
|
| containsVerse |
John 1:1
ⓘ
John 1:14 ⓘ |
| customaryPosture | standing ⓘ |
| devotionalCharacter | quasi-devotional addition to the Mass ⓘ |
| devotionalFocus | meditation on the mystery of the Word made flesh ⓘ |
| devotionalPractice | often recited quietly by the priest ⓘ |
| focusesOnConcept | Logos (the Word) ⓘ |
| focusesOnPerson | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Gospel of John
ⓘ
surface form:
Prologue of the Gospel of John
|
| historicalDevelopment |
later incorporated into the official rubrics of the Mass
ⓘ
originated as a private priestly devotion after Mass ⓘ |
| introducedIn | late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| liturgicalBook |
Missale Romanum
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Missal
|
| liturgicalCategory | Gospel reading ⓘ |
| liturgicalFunction | concluding reading of Mass ⓘ |
| liturgicalGesture | genuflection at “Et Verbum caro factum est” ⓘ |
| liturgicalReformStatus | suppressed as a required element in the post–Vatican II Mass ⓘ |
| mayBeReplacedBy | proper Gospel of certain feasts (in older rubrics) ⓘ |
| omittedIn | Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite ⓘ |
| positionInLiturgy |
after the dismissal of the Tridentine Mass
ⓘ
after the final blessing ⓘ |
| proclaimedFrom | Gospel side of the altar ⓘ |
| recitationMode | usually read rather than chanted in parish practice ⓘ |
| recitedBy | celebrant priest ⓘ |
| retainedIn |
Missale Romanum
ⓘ
surface form:
1962 Roman Missal
|
| riteType | Latin liturgical tradition ⓘ |
| rubricalStatus | largely obligatory in the Tridentine Missal ⓘ |
| sourceText |
Gospel of John
ⓘ
surface form:
Gospel of John 1:1–14
Gospel of John ⓘ
surface form:
Gospel of John 1:1–18 (in some usages)
|
| textBeginsWith | In principio erat Verbum ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
Incarnation of Christ
ⓘ
surface form:
Incarnation of the Word
creation through the Word ⓘ divinity of Christ ⓘ |
| traditionType | Roman Rite custom ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| usedIn |
Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Rite
Tridentine Mass ⓘ |
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Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Last Gospel of John