A Briefe Treatise of Divers Plaine and Sure Wayes to Find Out the Truth in This Doubtfull and Dangerous Time of Heresie
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"A Briefe Treatise of Divers Plaine and Sure Wayes to Find Out the Truth in This Doubtfull and Dangerous Time of Heresie" is a 16th-century English Catholic polemical work offering guidance for discerning religious truth amid the Reformation controversies.
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| A Briefe Treatise of Divers Plaine and Sure Wayes to Find Out the Truth in This Doubtfull and Dangerous Time of Heresie canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Briefe Treatise of Divers Plaine and Sure Wayes to Find Out the Truth in This Doubtfull and Dangerous Time of Heresie Context triple: [Richard Bristow, notableWork, A Briefe Treatise of Divers Plaine and Sure Wayes to Find Out the Truth in This Doubtfull and Dangerous Time of Heresie]
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A.
A Discovery of the Manifold Corruptions of the Holy Scriptures by the Heretics of Our Days
A Discovery of the Manifold Corruptions of the Holy Scriptures by the Heretics of Our Days is a 16th-century Catholic polemical work by Gregory Martin criticizing Protestant biblical translations and interpretations.
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B.
The Principles and Objects of the Religious Reformation
The Principles and Objects of the Religious Reformation is a 19th-century theological work by Robert Richardson that articulates and defends the aims and core ideas of the American Restoration Movement within Protestant Christianity.
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C.
A Dialogue Concerning Heresies
A Dialogue Concerning Heresies is a 1529 polemical work by Sir Thomas More defending Catholic doctrine and attacking the ideas of early Protestant reformers.
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D.
A Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity, 1612
"A Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity" (1612) is a pioneering English Baptist treatise by Thomas Helwys that argues for religious liberty and the separation of church and state.
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E.
Commentary on True and False Religion
"Commentary on True and False Religion" is a 1525 theological treatise by Swiss Reformer Huldrych Zwingli that systematically contrasts what he saw as genuine Christian faith with the errors and abuses of the late medieval Catholic Church.
- 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: A Briefe Treatise of Divers Plaine and Sure Wayes to Find Out the Truth in This Doubtfull and Dangerous Time of Heresie Target entity description: "A Briefe Treatise of Divers Plaine and Sure Wayes to Find Out the Truth in This Doubtfull and Dangerous Time of Heresie" is a 16th-century English Catholic polemical work offering guidance for discerning religious truth amid the Reformation controversies.
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A.
A Discovery of the Manifold Corruptions of the Holy Scriptures by the Heretics of Our Days
A Discovery of the Manifold Corruptions of the Holy Scriptures by the Heretics of Our Days is a 16th-century Catholic polemical work by Gregory Martin criticizing Protestant biblical translations and interpretations.
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B.
The Principles and Objects of the Religious Reformation
The Principles and Objects of the Religious Reformation is a 19th-century theological work by Robert Richardson that articulates and defends the aims and core ideas of the American Restoration Movement within Protestant Christianity.
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C.
A Dialogue Concerning Heresies
A Dialogue Concerning Heresies is a 1529 polemical work by Sir Thomas More defending Catholic doctrine and attacking the ideas of early Protestant reformers.
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D.
A Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity, 1612
"A Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity" (1612) is a pioneering English Baptist treatise by Thomas Helwys that argues for religious liberty and the separation of church and state.
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E.
Commentary on True and False Religion
"Commentary on True and False Religion" is a 1525 theological treatise by Swiss Reformer Huldrych Zwingli that systematically contrasts what he saw as genuine Christian faith with the errors and abuses of the late medieval Catholic Church.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Catholic apologetic work
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book ⓘ polemical work ⓘ theological work ⓘ |
| confessionalAlignment | Counter-Reformation literature ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| genre |
polemical literature
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religious treatise ⓘ |
| historicalContext | English Reformation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
English lay Catholics
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readers confused by religious controversy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose treatise ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Reformation controversies
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discernment of religious truth ⓘ heresy ⓘ |
| purpose |
to defend Catholic doctrine against Protestant positions
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to guide readers in discerning religious truth ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation | Catholic ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 16th century ⓘ |
| title | A Briefe Treatise of Divers Plaine and Sure Wayes to Find Out the Truth in This Doubtfull and Dangerous Time of Heresie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topic |
condemnation of heresy
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criteria for religious authority ⓘ evaluation of competing Christian doctrines ⓘ |
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Referenced by (1)
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Richard Bristow
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A Briefe Treatise of Divers Plaine and Sure Wayes to Find Out the Truth in This Doubtfull and Dangerous Time of Heresie
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