Epitome of the Divine Institutes
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Epitome of the Divine Institutes is a concise abridgment of Lactantius’s major Christian apologetic work, presenting its theological and philosophical arguments in a shorter, more accessible form.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Epitome of the Divine Institutes canonical | 3 |
| Book IV (Divine Institutes) | 1 |
| Epitome Divinarum Institutionum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T611060 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Epitome of the Divine Institutes Context triple: [Lactantius, notableWork, Epitome of the Divine Institutes]
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A.
Several Tracts and Discourses
"Several Tracts and Discourses" is a collection of theological and moral writings by the English churchman and Archbishop of York John Sharp.
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B.
Book of Wisdom
The Book of Wisdom is a deuterocanonical biblical text that offers poetic reflections on divine wisdom, righteousness, and the fate of the just and unjust.
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C.
The Conduct of Life
The Conduct of Life is a collection of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson that explores practical and philosophical questions about how to live ethically and purposefully in the modern world.
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D.
Cyropaedia
Cyropaedia is an ancient Greek prose work by Xenophon that presents a partly fictionalized account of the education and rule of Cyrus the Great as a model of ideal leadership and governance.
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E.
Roman Catechism
The Roman Catechism is an authoritative manual of Catholic doctrine, commissioned in the 16th century to systematically explain the faith in response to the Protestant Reformation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- 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: Epitome of the Divine Institutes Target entity description: Epitome of the Divine Institutes is a concise abridgment of Lactantius’s major Christian apologetic work, presenting its theological and philosophical arguments in a shorter, more accessible form.
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A.
Several Tracts and Discourses
"Several Tracts and Discourses" is a collection of theological and moral writings by the English churchman and Archbishop of York John Sharp.
-
B.
Book of Wisdom
The Book of Wisdom is a deuterocanonical biblical text that offers poetic reflections on divine wisdom, righteousness, and the fate of the just and unjust.
-
C.
The Conduct of Life
The Conduct of Life is a collection of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson that explores practical and philosophical questions about how to live ethically and purposefully in the modern world.
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D.
Cyropaedia
Cyropaedia is an ancient Greek prose work by Xenophon that presents a partly fictionalized account of the education and rule of Cyrus the Great as a model of ideal leadership and governance.
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E.
Roman Catechism
The Roman Catechism is an authoritative manual of Catholic doctrine, commissioned in the 16th century to systematically explain the faith in response to the Protestant Reformation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian theological work
ⓘ
abridgment ⓘ epitome ⓘ |
| associatedPerson | Lactantius ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Church Fathers
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surface form:
Latin Church Fathers
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| author | Lactantius ⓘ |
| basedOn | Divine Institutes ⓘ |
| contains | summary of arguments from Divine Institutes ⓘ |
| doctrinalContent | Christian apologetic arguments ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian apologetics
ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | readers seeking a shorter version of Divine Institutes ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| period | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| philosophicalFocus |
critique of pagan religion
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defense of Christian truth ⓘ |
| purpose |
to make Lactantius’s apologetic arguments more accessible
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to present the arguments of the Divine Institutes in a shorter form ⓘ |
| religiousPerspective | Christian ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| theologicalFocus | Christian doctrine ⓘ |
| titleOf | Epitome of the Divine Institutes self-link ⓘ |
| workType | concise abridgment ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Epitome Divinarum Institutionum
subject surface form:
Book III (Divine Institutes)
this entity surface form:
Book IV (Divine Institutes)
subject surface form:
Book III (Divine Institutes)