Agnus Dei
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Agnus Dei is a traditional Christian liturgical chant and devotional motif that invokes Jesus Christ as the sacrificial Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.
All labels observed (13)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T207289 — 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: Agnus Dei Context triple: [Lamb of God, originalForm, Agnus Dei]
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A.
Te Deum
Te Deum is a traditional Christian hymn of praise and thanksgiving, historically used in liturgical celebrations and special religious or civic ceremonies.
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B.
Miserando atque eligendo
Miserando atque eligendo is a Latin episcopal motto, drawn from a homily by the Venerable Bede, that reflects Pope Francis’s emphasis on God’s merciful and compassionate call.
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C.
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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D.
Te Deum ecuménico
El Te Deum ecuménico es una ceremonia religiosa interconfesional celebrada en Chile para agradecer y pedir por la nación en el marco de las Fiestas Patrias.
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E.
Cherubic Hymn
The Cherubic Hymn is a solemn liturgical chant in the Eastern Orthodox Church that accompanies the Great Entrance, calling worshippers to mystically represent the cherubim as the Eucharistic gifts are brought to the altar.
- 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: Agnus Dei Target entity description: Agnus Dei is a traditional Christian liturgical chant and devotional motif that invokes Jesus Christ as the sacrificial Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.
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A.
Te Deum
Te Deum is a traditional Christian hymn of praise and thanksgiving, historically used in liturgical celebrations and special religious or civic ceremonies.
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B.
Miserando atque eligendo
Miserando atque eligendo is a Latin episcopal motto, drawn from a homily by the Venerable Bede, that reflects Pope Francis’s emphasis on God’s merciful and compassionate call.
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C.
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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D.
Te Deum ecuménico
El Te Deum ecuménico es una ceremonia religiosa interconfesional celebrada en Chile para agradecer y pedir por la nación en el marco de las Fiestas Patrias.
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E.
Cherubic Hymn
The Cherubic Hymn is a solemn liturgical chant in the Eastern Orthodox Church that accompanies the Great Entrance, calling worshippers to mystically represent the cherubim as the Eucharistic gifts are brought to the altar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian liturgical chant
ⓘ
Christian prayer ⓘ Latin hymn ⓘ Mass ordinary movement ⓘ |
| addressedTo | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
Christ as sacrificial lamb
ⓘ
divine mercy ⓘ peace ⓘ |
| belongsToPart | Ordinary of the Mass ⓘ |
| devotionalUse |
Eucharistic adoration
ⓘ
private prayer ⓘ |
| finalInvocationText | Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem ⓘ |
| genre | chant ⓘ |
| invokes | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| liturgicalContext |
Ordinary of the Mass
ⓘ
Roman Rite Mass ⓘ
linked to:
Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite
|
| liturgicalFunction |
prayer for peace
ⓘ
supplication for mercy ⓘ |
| liturgicalSeasonUsage | used throughout the liturgical year ⓘ |
| musicalSettingBy |
Gabriel Fauré
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina ⓘ Giuseppe Verdi ⓘ Igor Stravinsky ⓘ Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ Samuel Barber ⓘ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | Gregorian chant ⓘ |
| positionInMass | near the end of the Communion rite ⓘ |
| refersTo | sins of the world ⓘ |
| refrain |
dona nobis pacem
ⓘ
miserere nobis ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| repetitionPattern | traditionally sung three times ⓘ |
| scripturalAllusion | John the Baptist’s proclamation of Jesus as Lamb of God ⓘ |
| scripturalSource |
Gospel of John 1:29
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linked to:
Gospel of John
|
| textOpening | Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis ⓘ |
| theme |
atonement for sins
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sacrifice of Christ ⓘ |
| theologicalTitleUsed | Lamb of God ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Anglican Communion
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Lutheran churches ⓘ
linked to:
Lutheranism
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
some Methodist churches ⓘ some Reformed churches ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Agnus Dei Description of subject: Agnus Dei is a traditional Christian liturgical chant and devotional motif that invokes Jesus Christ as the sacrificial Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.
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