De Spiritu Sancto
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De Spiritu Sancto is a theological treatise by Ambrose of Milan that systematically defends and explains the divinity and personhood of the Holy Spirit within the Christian Trinity.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| De Spiritu Sancto canonical | 3 |
| On the Holy Spirit | 3 |
| Holy Spirit | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: De Spiritu Sancto Context triple: [Ambrose of Milan, notableWork, De Spiritu Sancto]
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A.
Sublimis Deus
Sublimis Deus is a 1537 papal bull by Pope Paul III that declared the indigenous peoples of the Americas to be rational humans with souls who must not be enslaved.
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B.
Pastor aeternus
Pastor aeternus is the 1870 dogmatic constitution of the First Vatican Council that definitively articulated the doctrine of papal primacy and infallibility in the Roman Catholic Church.
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C.
Dei Filius
Dei Filius is a dogmatic constitution of the Catholic Church from the First Vatican Council that defines key teachings on faith, reason, and divine revelation.
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D.
Inter Mirifica
Inter Mirifica is a decree of the Second Vatican Council that addresses the role, responsibilities, and moral use of social communications media in the life of the Church and society.
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E.
Dei Verbum
Dei Verbum is the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, outlining the Catholic Church’s teaching on Scripture, Tradition, and revelation.
- 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: De Spiritu Sancto Target entity description: De Spiritu Sancto is a theological treatise by Ambrose of Milan that systematically defends and explains the divinity and personhood of the Holy Spirit within the Christian Trinity.
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A.
Sublimis Deus
Sublimis Deus is a 1537 papal bull by Pope Paul III that declared the indigenous peoples of the Americas to be rational humans with souls who must not be enslaved.
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B.
Pastor aeternus
Pastor aeternus is the 1870 dogmatic constitution of the First Vatican Council that definitively articulated the doctrine of papal primacy and infallibility in the Roman Catholic Church.
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C.
Dei Filius
Dei Filius is a dogmatic constitution of the Catholic Church from the First Vatican Council that defines key teachings on faith, reason, and divine revelation.
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D.
Inter Mirifica
Inter Mirifica is a decree of the Second Vatican Council that addresses the role, responsibilities, and moral use of social communications media in the life of the Church and society.
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E.
Dei Verbum
Dei Verbum is the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, outlining the Catholic Church’s teaching on Scripture, Tradition, and revelation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian theological work
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patristic text ⓘ theological treatise ⓘ |
| addressesDoctrine |
Trinitarian doctrine
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pneumatology ⓘ |
| aim |
to demonstrate the Holy Spirit’s full divinity
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to show the Holy Spirit as a distinct divine person ⓘ |
| approximateDate | late 4th century ⓘ |
| associatedWithSaint | Ambrose of Milan ⓘ |
| audience |
Christian clergy
ⓘ
educated laity ⓘ |
| author | Ambrose of Milan ⓘ |
| circulation | patristic Latin corpus ⓘ |
| ecclesiasticalContext |
Latin Church worldwide
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surface form:
Latin Church
|
| fieldOfStudy |
historical theology
ⓘ
systematic theology ⓘ |
| genre |
dogmatic theology
ⓘ
polemical theology ⓘ |
| historicalCategory | patristic pneumatology ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Latin pneumatology
ⓘ
medieval Trinitarian theology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Trinitarian controversies of the 4th century
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surface form:
Arian controversy
First Council of Nicaea ⓘ
surface form:
Council of Nicaea
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| keyConcept |
Trinitarian equality
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consubstantiality ⓘ divine personhood of the Holy Spirit ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Italic languages ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
God the Holy Spirit
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surface form:
Holy Spirit
Trinity ⓘ divinity of the Holy Spirit ⓘ personhood of the Holy Spirit ⓘ |
| method |
scriptural exegesis
ⓘ
theological argumentation ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Milan ⓘ |
| preservedIn | manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| readIn |
Catholic theology
ⓘ
Protestant historical theology ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination | Nicene Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| statusInChurch | respected doctrinal source ⓘ |
| structure | multi-book treatise ⓘ |
| theologicalConcern |
defense of the Holy Spirit’s consubstantiality with the Father and the Son
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refutation of subordinationist views of the Holy Spirit ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation | pro-Nicene theology ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 4th century ⓘ |
| tradition | Western Christian theology ⓘ |
| usesSource |
Holy Scripture
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Nicene Creed ⓘ |
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Subject: De Spiritu Sancto Description of subject: De Spiritu Sancto is a theological treatise by Ambrose of Milan that systematically defends and explains the divinity and personhood of the Holy Spirit within the Christian Trinity.
Referenced by (7)
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On the Holy Spirit
this entity surface form:
On the Holy Spirit
this entity surface form:
Holy Spirit
this entity surface form:
On the Holy Spirit