Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
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"Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" is a widely cherished Christian hymn by Charles Wesley that celebrates God’s perfect, transformative love and is frequently sung in Methodist and other Protestant worship.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Love Divine, All Loves Excelling canonical | 1 |
| Love divine, all loves excelling | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3333830 — 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: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Context triple: [Charles Wesley, notableWork, Love Divine, All Loves Excelling]
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A.
The Love of God
"The Love of God" is a Christian worship song, notably recorded by the band MercyMe, that reflects on the vastness and depth of God's love.
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B.
God Is Love
God Is Love is the English title of Pope Benedict XVI’s first encyclical, which reflects on the nature of Christian love and charity.
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C.
Hymns of Divine Love
Hymns of Divine Love is a collection of mystical and devotional poems by the Byzantine monk Symeon the New Theologian, expressing intense personal experiences of divine illumination and union with God.
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D.
Love's Divine
"Love's Divine" is a soulful pop ballad by British singer-songwriter Seal, known for its emotive vocals and themes of redemption and spiritual love.
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E.
For the Love of God
For the Love of God is Damien Hirst’s infamous platinum cast of a human skull encrusted with diamonds, emblematic of his exploration of mortality, value, and spectacle in contemporary art.
- 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: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Target entity description: "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" is a widely cherished Christian hymn by Charles Wesley that celebrates God’s perfect, transformative love and is frequently sung in Methodist and other Protestant worship.
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A.
The Love of God
"The Love of God" is a Christian worship song, notably recorded by the band MercyMe, that reflects on the vastness and depth of God's love.
-
B.
God Is Love
God Is Love is the English title of Pope Benedict XVI’s first encyclical, which reflects on the nature of Christian love and charity.
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C.
Hymns of Divine Love
Hymns of Divine Love is a collection of mystical and devotional poems by the Byzantine monk Symeon the New Theologian, expressing intense personal experiences of divine illumination and union with God.
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D.
Love's Divine
"Love's Divine" is a soulful pop ballad by British singer-songwriter Seal, known for its emotive vocals and themes of redemption and spiritual love.
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E.
For the Love of God
For the Love of God is Damien Hirst’s infamous platinum cast of a human skull encrusted with diamonds, emblematic of his exploration of mortality, value, and spectacle in contemporary art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian hymn
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English-language hymn ⓘ Methodist hymn ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfComposition | 1747 ⓘ |
| associatedMovement |
Evangelical Revival in Britain
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surface form:
Evangelical Revival
Evangelical Revival in Britain ⓘ
surface form:
Methodist Revival
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| associatedPerson | John Wesley ⓘ |
| author | Charles Wesley ⓘ |
| centuryOfComposition | 18th century ⓘ |
| commonlySetToTune |
Beecher
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Blaenwern ⓘ Hyfrydol ⓘ |
| commonlySungIn |
Anglican churches
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Methodist churches ⓘ other Protestant churches ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| denominationalAssociation | Methodism ⓘ |
| denominationalUse |
Protestant Christianity
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surface form:
Protestantism
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| firstLine |
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
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surface form:
Love divine, all loves excelling
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| genre | hymnody ⓘ |
| hasForm | congregational song ⓘ |
| keyDoctrineEmphasized |
God is love
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entire sanctification ⓘ indwelling of Christ ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| liturgicalUse |
general worship
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services on love and holiness ⓘ weddings ⓘ |
| lyricist | Charles Wesley ⓘ |
| notableLine |
Finish then Thy new creation
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Pure and spotless let us be ⓘ |
| numberOfStanzas | 4 ⓘ |
| originalPublicationLanguage | English ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| subject |
anticipation of heaven
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praise of God’s perfect love ⓘ prayer for inner renewal ⓘ |
| textForm | strophic hymn ⓘ |
| textSourceInfluence |
New Testament
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Song of Songs ⓘ |
| theme |
Christian perfection
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divine love ⓘ grace ⓘ sanctification ⓘ transformation ⓘ |
| usedIn | hymnals across multiple Protestant denominations ⓘ |
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Subject: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Description of subject: "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" is a widely cherished Christian hymn by Charles Wesley that celebrates God’s perfect, transformative love and is frequently sung in Methodist and other Protestant worship.
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