Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

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Christian sermon religious text sermon

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God is a famous 1741 fire-and-brimstone sermon by theologian Jonathan Edwards that vividly warns of divine wrath and the peril of unrepentant sinners.

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Label	Occurrences
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God canonical	3
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"	1
Jonathan Edwards’s sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T220965 — 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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Target entity: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Context triple: [Jonathan Edwards, notableWork, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God]

A. The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter is an 1850 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores sin, guilt, and social judgment in a 17th-century Puritan community through the story of Hester Prynne and the emblematic letter "A" she is forced to wear.
B. Five Articles of the Remonstrance
The Five Articles of the Remonstrance are a 1610 theological statement by Dutch Arminians that challenged strict Calvinist doctrines on predestination, grace, and perseverance, becoming a foundational text of Arminian theology.
C. Port-Royal Grammar
Port-Royal Grammar is a 17th-century rationalist treatise on universal grammar that sought to explain the underlying logical structure common to all human languages.
D. The Kingdom of God Is Within You
The Kingdom of God Is Within You is a non-fiction work by Leo Tolstoy that expounds his Christian anarchist philosophy and advocacy of nonviolent resistance.
E. The Crucible
The Crucible is a 1953 play by Arthur Miller that uses the Salem witch trials as an allegory for McCarthy-era anti-communist hysteria in the United States.
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: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Target entity description: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God is a famous 1741 fire-and-brimstone sermon by theologian Jonathan Edwards that vividly warns of divine wrath and the peril of unrepentant sinners.

A. The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter is an 1850 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores sin, guilt, and social judgment in a 17th-century Puritan community through the story of Hester Prynne and the emblematic letter "A" she is forced to wear.
B. Five Articles of the Remonstrance
The Five Articles of the Remonstrance are a 1610 theological statement by Dutch Arminians that challenged strict Calvinist doctrines on predestination, grace, and perseverance, becoming a foundational text of Arminian theology.
C. Port-Royal Grammar
Port-Royal Grammar is a 17th-century rationalist treatise on universal grammar that sought to explain the underlying logical structure common to all human languages.
D. The Kingdom of God Is Within You
The Kingdom of God Is Within You is a non-fiction work by Leo Tolstoy that expounds his Christian anarchist philosophy and advocacy of nonviolent resistance.
E. The Crucible
The Crucible is a 1953 play by Arthur Miller that uses the Salem witch trials as an allegory for McCarthy-era anti-communist hysteria in the United States.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian sermon ⓘ religious text ⓘ sermon ⓘ
aim	to awaken spiritual concern ⓘ to provoke conversion ⓘ
author	Jonathan Edwards ⓘ
biblicalTextUsed	Deuteronomy 32:35 ⓘ
centralTheme	danger of damnation ⓘ divine wrath ⓘ human sinfulness ⓘ imminence of judgment ⓘ need for repentance ⓘ sovereignty of God ⓘ
circulation	widely reprinted in pamphlet form ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Colonial America ⓘ
dateOfSermon	1741-07-08 ⓘ
denominationContext	Congregationalist ⓘ
doctrineEmphasized	God’s justice ⓘ necessity of new birth ⓘ total depravity ⓘ
genre	fire-and-brimstone sermon ⓘ
historicalContext	American colonial revivalism ⓘ
historicalPeriod	18th century ⓘ
imageUsed	bow of God’s wrath bent ⓘ slender thread over the flames of divine wrath ⓘ spider held over a fire ⓘ
influenceOn	American evangelical preaching ⓘ Reformed theology in America ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legacy	canonical text of American religious rhetoric ⓘ
literaryFeature	extended simile ⓘ metaphor ⓘ vivid imagery ⓘ
movementContext	First Great Awakening ⓘ linked to: Great Awakening
notableFor	classic example of Puritan preaching ⓘ emotional impact on hearers ⓘ role in the First Great Awakening ⓘ
openingText	“Their foot shall slide in due time” ⓘ
placeOfFirstDelivery	Enfield, Connecticut ⓘ
portrayalOfGod	angry at sin ⓘ
portrayalOfSinners	hanging over the pit of hell ⓘ
religiousTradition	Protestantism ⓘ
studiedIn	American literature courses ⓘ American religious history courses ⓘ homiletics courses ⓘ
theologicalOrientation	Calvinism ⓘ
tone	warning ⓘ
year	1741 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jonathan Edwards → notableWork → Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God ⓘ

A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections → relatedWorkByAuthor → Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God ⓘ

Deuteronomy 32:35 → citedIn → Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God ⓘ

Enfield, Connecticut → historicallyNotableFor → Jonathan Edwards’s sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" ⓘ

linked to: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

Enfield, Connecticut → sermonDeliveredHere → "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" ⓘ