Approval of the Clementine Vulgate
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Approval of the Clementine Vulgate is the papal act by which Pope Clement VIII officially authorized the revised Latin Vulgate Bible text for use in the Catholic Church at the end of the 16th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Approval of the Clementine Vulgate canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Approval of the Clementine Vulgate Context triple: [Ippolito Aldobrandini, notableWork, Approval of the Clementine Vulgate]
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Confirmation of the decrees of the Council of Trent
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Examen Concilii Tridentini
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Register of Pope Gregory VII
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Decretum Gelasianum
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Approval of the Clementine Vulgate Target entity description: Approval of the Clementine Vulgate is the papal act by which Pope Clement VIII officially authorized the revised Latin Vulgate Bible text for use in the Catholic Church at the end of the 16th century.
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A.
Confirmation of the decrees of the Council of Trent
Confirmation of the decrees of the Council of Trent is the papal bull by which Pope Pius IV officially ratified and promulgated the doctrinal and disciplinary decisions of the Council of Trent, solidifying the Catholic Counter-Reformation.
-
B.
Ambrosian Mass
The Ambrosian Mass is the principal Eucharistic liturgy of the Ambrosian Rite, a distinct Western liturgical tradition centered in the Archdiocese of Milan and attributed to St. Ambrose.
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C.
Examen Concilii Tridentini
Examen Concilii Tridentini is a major 16th-century Lutheran theological work by Martin Chemnitz that critically analyzes and refutes the decrees of the Roman Catholic Council of Trent.
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D.
Register of Pope Gregory VII
The Register of Pope Gregory VII is a medieval papal register compiling the letters, decrees, and key documents of Pope Gregory VII’s pontificate, including foundational texts of the Gregorian Reform.
-
E.
Decretum Gelasianum
The Decretum Gelasianum is an early Christian document traditionally attributed to Pope Gelasius I that lists canonical and apocryphal books of Scripture and outlines authoritative and rejected writings in the Western Church.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic magisterial decision
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ecclesiastical approval ⓘ papal act ⓘ |
| approvedForUseIn | Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approvedTextType | Latin Vulgate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approvedWork | Clementine Vulgate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Council of Trent decree on the Vulgate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApprover | Pope Clement VIII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityType | papal authority ⓘ |
| hasBeneficiary |
Catholic faithful
ⓘ
Latin-rite clergy ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | authentic edition of the Vulgate ⓘ |
| hasContext | Counter-Reformation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDocumentForm |
papal bull
ⓘ
papal constitution ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | post-Tridentine era ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| hasPlace | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
to correct earlier printed editions of the Vulgate
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to provide an official Latin Bible text ⓘ to standardize the biblical text in the Catholic Church ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResult |
Clementine Vulgate became the standard Latin Bible of the Catholic Church
NERFINISHED
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official status of the Clementine Vulgate as authentic text ⓘ widespread liturgical use of the Clementine Vulgate ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
Bible
NERFINISHED
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Latin translation of Scripture ⓘ biblical text ⓘ |
| hasTheologicalSignificance | definition of an authoritative biblical text ⓘ |
| implementsDecisionOf | Council of Trent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWithPope | Pope Clement VIII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isExampleOf | papal regulation of biblical texts ⓘ |
| isFollowedBy | long-term use of the Clementine Vulgate until the 20th century ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Catholic biblical canon history
ⓘ
history of the Vulgate ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
Catholic biblical scholarship
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Catholic canon law NERFINISHED ⓘ Catholic liturgy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedes | Nova Vulgata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaces | Sixtine Vulgate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookPlaceInCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| tookPlaceInDecade | 1590s ⓘ |
| tookPlaceInYear |
1592
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1593 ⓘ 1598 ⓘ |
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Subject: Approval of the Clementine Vulgate Description of subject: Approval of the Clementine Vulgate is the papal act by which Pope Clement VIII officially authorized the revised Latin Vulgate Bible text for use in the Catholic Church at the end of the 16th century.
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subject surface form:
Ippolito Aldobrandini