Homily IV
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Homily IV is one of the sermons in Basil of Caesarea’s Hexaemeron, a patristic work offering theological and exegetical reflections on the biblical account of creation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Homily IV canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5562310 — 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: Homily IV Context triple: [Hexaemeron, hasPart, Homily IV]
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A.
Homily III
Homily III is one of the sermons within Basil of Caesarea’s Hexaemeron, focusing on theological and philosophical reflections on the biblical account of creation.
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B.
Homily II
Homily II is the second sermon in Basil of Caesarea’s Hexaemeron, a series of theological discourses on the six days of Creation in the Book of Genesis.
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C.
Homily I
Homily I is the opening sermon in Basil of Caesarea’s Hexaemeron, introducing his theological and philosophical reflections on the creation of the world.
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D.
Homiletic Fragment I
Homiletic Fragment I is a brief Old English religious text preserved in the Vercelli Book, likely representing part of a lost sermon or homily.
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E.
Orations on the Trinity
Orations on the Trinity is a collection of theological discourses, traditionally attributed to early Christian thinkers, that explore and defend the doctrine of the Trinity.
- 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: Homily IV Target entity description: Homily IV is one of the sermons in Basil of Caesarea’s Hexaemeron, a patristic work offering theological and exegetical reflections on the biblical account of creation.
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A.
Homily III
Homily III is one of the sermons within Basil of Caesarea’s Hexaemeron, focusing on theological and philosophical reflections on the biblical account of creation.
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B.
Homily II
Homily II is the second sermon in Basil of Caesarea’s Hexaemeron, a series of theological discourses on the six days of Creation in the Book of Genesis.
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C.
Homily I
Homily I is the opening sermon in Basil of Caesarea’s Hexaemeron, introducing his theological and philosophical reflections on the creation of the world.
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D.
Homiletic Fragment I
Homiletic Fragment I is a brief Old English religious text preserved in the Vercelli Book, likely representing part of a lost sermon or homily.
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E.
Orations on the Trinity
Orations on the Trinity is a collection of theological discourses, traditionally attributed to early Christian thinkers, that explore and defend the doctrine of the Trinity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
patristic homily
ⓘ
sermon ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Caesarea in Cappadocia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audience | Christian congregations ⓘ |
| author | Basil of Caesarea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | non-canonical Christian literature ⓘ |
| collectionType | part of a homiletic series ⓘ |
| focus |
exegetical reflections on Genesis
ⓘ
theological reflections on creation ⓘ |
| genre |
biblical exegesis
ⓘ
theological discourse ⓘ |
| hasAuthorRole | Basil of Caesarea as bishop and preacher ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| hasNumberInSeries | 4 ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish | Homily IV ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | late antique Christian homily ⓘ |
| includedIn | Basil of Caesarea’s Hexaemeron cycle of sermons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Greek patristic tradition
ⓘ
early Christian exegesis ⓘ |
| literaryForm | homily ⓘ |
| medium | oral sermon later transmitted in written form ⓘ |
| partOf | Hexaemeron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedIn | manuscript tradition of the Hexaemeron ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Eastern Christianity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nicene orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousFunction |
instruction in doctrine of creation
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moral and spiritual exhortation ⓘ |
| religiousGenre | Christian sermon ⓘ |
| scripturalBasis | Genesis creation narrative ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
biblical studies
ⓘ
historical theology ⓘ patristics ⓘ |
| theologicalSchool | Cappadocian Fathers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 4th century ⓘ |
| tradition |
Christianity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Patristic theology ⓘ |
| usedIn |
historical study of patristic exegesis
ⓘ
theological study of creation ⓘ |
| workOf | Basil of Caesarea’s corpus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workSubject |
Book of Genesis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
biblical account of creation ⓘ |
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