Dignitatis Humanae
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Catholic Church document
Second Vatican Council declaration
declaration on religious freedom
magisterial document
Dignitatis Humanae is the Second Vatican Council’s landmark declaration on religious freedom, affirming the right of every person to religious liberty grounded in human dignity.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dignitatis Humanae canonical | 6 |
| Declaration on Religious Freedom Dignitatis Humanae | 1 |
| Dignitatis humanae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T229174 — 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: Dignitatis Humanae Context triple: [Second Vatican Council, producedDocument, Dignitatis Humanae]
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A.
Gaudium et Spes
Gaudium et Spes is a major pastoral constitution of the Catholic Church that articulates the Second Vatican Council’s vision of the Church’s role and mission in the modern world.
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B.
Lumen Gentium
Lumen Gentium is a key dogmatic constitution of the Catholic Church that articulates its self-understanding, especially the nature and mission of the Church, as defined by the Second Vatican Council.
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C.
Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis
Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis is the formal papal document issued by Pope John XXIII that officially convoked the Second Vatican Council and outlined its purposes.
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D.
Lumen fidei
Lumen fidei is an encyclical letter on the nature and role of Christian faith in contemporary life, issued at the beginning of Pope Francis’s pontificate and closely linked to the theological work of Pope Benedict XVI.
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E.
Redemptoris Custos
Redemptoris Custos is an apostolic exhortation by Pope John Paul II that reflects on the life and mission of Saint Joseph as guardian of the Redeemer and model of Christian fatherhood.
- 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: Dignitatis Humanae Target entity description: Dignitatis Humanae is the Second Vatican Council’s landmark declaration on religious freedom, affirming the right of every person to religious liberty grounded in human dignity.
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A.
Gaudium et Spes
Gaudium et Spes is a major pastoral constitution of the Catholic Church that articulates the Second Vatican Council’s vision of the Church’s role and mission in the modern world.
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B.
Lumen Gentium
Lumen Gentium is a key dogmatic constitution of the Catholic Church that articulates its self-understanding, especially the nature and mission of the Church, as defined by the Second Vatican Council.
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C.
Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis
Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis is the formal papal document issued by Pope John XXIII that officially convoked the Second Vatican Council and outlined its purposes.
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D.
Lumen fidei
Lumen fidei is an encyclical letter on the nature and role of Christian faith in contemporary life, issued at the beginning of Pope Francis’s pontificate and closely linked to the theological work of Pope Benedict XVI.
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E.
Redemptoris Custos
Redemptoris Custos is an apostolic exhortation by Pope John Paul II that reflects on the life and mission of Saint Joseph as guardian of the Redeemer and model of Christian fatherhood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic Church document
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Second Vatican Council declaration ⓘ declaration on religious freedom ⓘ magisterial document ⓘ |
| affirms |
limits on civil authority in religious matters
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right of every person to religious liberty ⓘ the competence of civil authority to protect and promote the rights of the human person ⓘ the moral duty of individuals and societies toward the true religion and the one Church of Christ ⓘ |
| approvedBy | Second Vatican Council ⓘ |
| belongsToCorpus |
Documents of the Second Vatican Council
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surface form:
Vatican II documents
|
| council | Second Vatican Council ⓘ |
| dateOfPromulgation | 1965-12-07 ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
limits of state power over religious activity
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social nature of the human person in religious matters ⓘ |
| groundsRightIn | dignity of the human person ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
20th-century debates on Church–state relations
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Cold War ⓘ
surface form:
Cold War era
|
| influenced |
Catholic engagement with modern human rights discourse
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Catholic social teaching ⓘ Catholic teaching on religious liberty ⓘ post–Vatican II canon law on religious freedom ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Latin ⓘ |
| numberOfSections | 15 ⓘ |
| officialName | Declaratio de Libertate Religiosa ⓘ |
| openingWords | Dignitatis humanae personae ⓘ |
| placeOfPromulgation | Vatican City ⓘ |
| promulgatedBy | Pope Paul VI ⓘ |
| relatedDocument |
Gaudium et Spes
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Lumen Gentium ⓘ Nostra Aetate ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| shortTitle | Dignitatis Humanae self-link ⓘ |
| states |
religious freedom must be protected as a civil right
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religious freedom must be recognized in constitutional law ⓘ |
| subject |
freedom from coercion in religious matters
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freedom of conscience ⓘ human dignity ⓘ relationship between Church and state ⓘ religious freedom ⓘ rights of the human person ⓘ |
| teaches |
no one is to be forced to act against his conscience in religious matters
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no one is to be prevented from acting according to his conscience in religious matters within due limits ⓘ religious communities have the right to educate and witness ⓘ religious communities have the right to govern themselves according to their own norms ⓘ religious communities have the right to public worship ⓘ religious freedom is a civil right ⓘ the search for truth must be free ⓘ truth cannot impose itself except by virtue of its own truth ⓘ |
| typeOfRightAffirmed |
civil right to religious liberty
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negative immunity from coercion in religious matters ⓘ |
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Subject: Dignitatis Humanae Description of subject: Dignitatis Humanae is the Second Vatican Council’s landmark declaration on religious freedom, affirming the right of every person to religious liberty grounded in human dignity.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Declaration on Religious Freedom Dignitatis Humanae
this entity surface form:
Dignitatis humanae