Magisterium

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authoritarian institution fictional religious organization organization in literature

The Magisterium is a powerful, authoritarian religious institution in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series that seeks to control knowledge, suppress dissent, and dominate society.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Magisterium canonical	7
the Magisterium	3
Magisterium (later in story)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	authoritarian institution ⓘ fictional religious organization ⓘ organization in literature ⓘ
appearsIn	His Dark Materials ⓘ His Dark Materials ⓘ surface form: His Dark Materials (TV series) Northern Lights ⓘ The Amber Spyglass ⓘ The Golden Compass ⓘ surface form: The Golden Compass (novel) The Subtle Knife ⓘ
controls	dissemination of knowledge ⓘ education ⓘ religious doctrine ⓘ scientific research ⓘ
createdBy	Philip Pullman ⓘ
governsThrough	censorship ⓘ doctrinal enforcement ⓘ fear ⓘ surveillance ⓘ
hasIdeology	hostility to secular knowledge ⓘ strict theological orthodoxy ⓘ
hasMember	Father MacPhail ⓘ Fra Pavel ⓘ Mrs Coulter ⓘ
hasRole	antagonist organization ⓘ political authority ⓘ religious authority ⓘ
hasSubdivision	Consistory ⓘ surface form: Consistorial Court of Discipline General Oblation Board ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Geneva ⓘ surface form: Geneva (fictionalized)
inspiredBy	historical Christian churches (thematically) ⓘ
inUniverse	Lyra Belacqua's world ⓘ
narrativeFunction	critique of organized religion ⓘ obstacle to human freedom ⓘ
opposes	free inquiry ⓘ research into Dust ⓘ
seeksTo	control knowledge ⓘ dominate society ⓘ suppress dissent ⓘ
symbolizes	institutional dogmatism ⓘ oppression of knowledge ⓘ religious authoritarianism ⓘ
targets	Lord Asriel ⓘ Lyra Belacqua ⓘ dissidents ⓘ scholars ⓘ witches ⓘ
usesMethod	heresy trials ⓘ interrogation ⓘ kidnapping of children ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

His Dark Materials → featuresConcept → Magisterium ⓘ

Ma Costa in His Dark Materials → opposes → Magisterium ⓘ

subject surface form: Ma Costa

Lyra Belacqua → enemy → Magisterium ⓘ

Will Parry → enemy → Magisterium ⓘ

Marisa Coulter → affiliation → Magisterium ⓘ

Marisa Coulter → enemy → Magisterium ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magisterium (later in story)

Lord Asriel → antagonisticTowards → Magisterium ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Magisterium

Lee Scoresby → enemyOf → Magisterium ⓘ

Serafina Pekkala → enemyOf → Magisterium ⓘ

Mary Malone → opposes → Magisterium ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Magisterium

Northern Lights → feature → Magisterium ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Magisterium