Capitula of Orange
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The Capitula of Orange is a set of doctrinal canons from a 6th-century church council that articulated a moderate Augustinian position on grace and free will within Western Christianity.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Canons of Orange | 1 |
| Capitula of Orange canonical | 1 |
| Capitula of the Council of Orange | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3968015 — 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: Capitula of Orange Context triple: [Second Council of Orange, produced, Capitula of Orange]
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Pacta conventa
Pacta conventa was a medieval agreement between the Polish king and the nobility that helped define the political rights and privileges central to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth’s noble democracy.
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B.
Concordat of Worms
The Concordat of Worms was a 1122 agreement between the Holy Roman Emperor and the papacy that ended the Investiture Controversy by distinguishing between the spiritual and temporal powers in the appointment of bishops.
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C.
Peace of Constance
The Peace of Constance was a 1183 agreement that ended the conflict between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and the Lombard League by recognizing the autonomy of the Italian communes while preserving imperial overlordship.
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D.
Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges
The Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges was a 1438 decree by King Charles VII of France that asserted the French crown’s control over the national church and limited papal authority, laying groundwork for Gallicanism.
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E.
League of Augsburg
The League of Augsburg, also known as the Grand Alliance, was a late 17th-century coalition of European powers formed to oppose the expansionist policies of Louis XIV’s France.
- 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: Capitula of Orange Target entity description: The Capitula of Orange is a set of doctrinal canons from a 6th-century church council that articulated a moderate Augustinian position on grace and free will within Western Christianity.
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A.
Pacta conventa
Pacta conventa was a medieval agreement between the Polish king and the nobility that helped define the political rights and privileges central to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth’s noble democracy.
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B.
Concordat of Worms
The Concordat of Worms was a 1122 agreement between the Holy Roman Emperor and the papacy that ended the Investiture Controversy by distinguishing between the spiritual and temporal powers in the appointment of bishops.
-
C.
Peace of Constance
The Peace of Constance was a 1183 agreement that ended the conflict between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and the Lombard League by recognizing the autonomy of the Italian communes while preserving imperial overlordship.
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D.
Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges
The Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges was a 1438 decree by King Charles VII of France that asserted the French crown’s control over the national church and limited papal authority, laying groundwork for Gallicanism.
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E.
League of Augsburg
The League of Augsburg, also known as the Grand Alliance, was a late 17th-century coalition of European powers formed to oppose the expansionist policies of Louis XIV’s France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian doctrinal text
ⓘ
collection of doctrinal canons ⓘ theological document ⓘ |
| affirmsDoctrine |
original sin
ⓘ
prevenient grace ⓘ the necessity of grace for every good act related to salvation ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Orange ⓘ |
| associatedWithCouncil |
Second Council of Orange
ⓘ
surface form:
Council of Orange
|
| associatedWithRegion | Gaul ⓘ |
| authorityScope | regional Western church ⓘ |
| canonicalForm | series of canons ⓘ |
| composedInCentury | 6th century ⓘ |
| concerns |
conditions of salvation
ⓘ
relationship between divine grace and human will ⓘ |
| consideredAs | important witness to early medieval Augustinian reception ⓘ |
| deniesDoctrine | that the beginning of faith arises from human nature unaided by grace ⓘ |
| doctrinalFunction |
boundary-setting against Pelagian and Semi-Pelagian views
ⓘ
clarification of Western doctrine on grace and free will ⓘ |
| ecclesialContext |
Latin Church worldwide
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Church
|
| ecclesiasticalStatus | local Western church council canons ⓘ |
| field |
dogmatic theology
ⓘ
historical theology ⓘ |
| genre | canon law ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Capitula of Orange
ⓘ
surface form:
Canons of Orange
Capitula of Orange ⓘ
surface form:
Capitula of the Council of Orange
|
| hasImpactOn |
Roman Catholic doctrine of grace
ⓘ
Western debates on predestination ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-Augustinian debates on grace and free will ⓘ |
| influenced | later Western Catholic teaching on grace ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Augustine of Hippo ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
free will in Christian theology
ⓘ
grace in Christian theology ⓘ |
| positionOnFreeWill | affirms the reality of human free will restored and aided by grace ⓘ |
| positionOnGrace |
affirms the necessity of divine grace for salvation
ⓘ
rejects the idea that human beings can initiate faith without grace ⓘ |
| positionOnPelagianism | rejects Pelagianism ⓘ |
| positionOnSemiPelagianism | rejects key elements of Semi-Pelagianism ⓘ |
| preservedIn | collections of canon law ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Latin Christian Church
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Christianity
Western Christianity ⓘ |
| theologicalBalance | seeks to reconcile divine sovereignty and human responsibility ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation | moderate Augustinianism ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| transmission | manuscript tradition in the Latin West ⓘ |
| typeOfSource | magisterial text at regional level ⓘ |
| usedBy | medieval Western theologians ⓘ |
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Subject: Capitula of Orange Description of subject: The Capitula of Orange is a set of doctrinal canons from a 6th-century church council that articulated a moderate Augustinian position on grace and free will within Western Christianity.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Canons of Orange
this entity surface form:
Capitula of the Council of Orange