Holy Orders
E3696
Holy Orders is the sacrament in which men are ordained as deacons, priests, or bishops to serve the Church’s ministry and leadership.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Holy Orders canonical | 22 |
| Sacrament of Holy Orders | 3 |
| Article XXV Of the Sacraments | 1 |
| Organization of priests and gatekeepers | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19392 — 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: Holy Orders Context triple: [Roman Catholicism, hasSacrament, Holy Orders]
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A.
Holy Tradition
Holy Tradition is the living transmission of the faith, worship, and teachings of the Church, preserved and handed down through generations as a primary source of authority alongside Scripture.
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B.
Fiat Lux
Fiat Lux is a Latin phrase meaning "Let there be light," used as the inspirational motto of the University of California, Berkeley.
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C.
Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
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D.
Final Judgment
Final Judgment is the Christian belief in a future, definitive divine judgment in which God will assess all people and determine their eternal destiny.
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E.
Trinity
The Trinity is the central Christian doctrine that God exists as one divine being in three distinct, co-equal persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
- 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: Holy Orders Target entity description: Holy Orders is the sacrament in which men are ordained as deacons, priests, or bishops to serve the Church’s ministry and leadership.
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A.
Holy Tradition
Holy Tradition is the living transmission of the faith, worship, and teachings of the Church, preserved and handed down through generations as a primary source of authority alongside Scripture.
-
B.
Fiat Lux
Fiat Lux is a Latin phrase meaning "Let there be light," used as the inspirational motto of the University of California, Berkeley.
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C.
Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
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D.
Final Judgment
Final Judgment is the Christian belief in a future, definitive divine judgment in which God will assess all people and determine their eternal destiny.
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E.
Trinity
The Trinity is the central Christian doctrine that God exists as one divine being in three distinct, co-equal persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
sacrament
ⓘ
sacrament of service ⓘ sacrament of the Catholic Church ⓘ |
| cannotBeRepeated | true ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
configuration to Christ as priest, teacher, and shepherd
ⓘ
granting of sacramental authority for ministry ⓘ |
| hasForm | ordination ⓘ |
| hasLevel |
diaconate
ⓘ
episcopate ⓘ presbyterate ⓘ |
| hasMinister | bishop ⓘ |
| hasPurpose | to ordain men for ministry and leadership in the Church ⓘ |
| hasRecipient |
bishop
ⓘ
deacon ⓘ priest ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWith |
commitment to prayer
ⓘ
promise of obedience ⓘ service to the People of God ⓘ |
| isCelebratedIn | ordination liturgy ⓘ |
| isClassifiedAs | sacrament at the service of communion ⓘ |
| isConferredBy |
consecratory prayer
ⓘ
laying on of hands ⓘ |
| isConsidered | sacrament that imprints an indelible spiritual character ⓘ |
| isDistinctFrom | common priesthood of the faithful ⓘ |
| isExercisedIn |
governance of the Church
ⓘ
liturgical ministry ⓘ preaching of the Word ⓘ |
| isFoundedOn | mission of the apostles ⓘ |
| isGovernedBy | canon law ⓘ |
| isLinkedTo |
Eucharistic celebration
ⓘ
pastoral governance ⓘ sacramental absolution ⓘ |
| isNumberedAmong | seven sacraments ⓘ |
| isOftenAccompaniedBy |
anointing of hands for priests
ⓘ
anointing of head for bishops ⓘ litany of the saints ⓘ vesting with liturgical garments ⓘ |
| isPracticedIn |
Eastern Catholic Churches
ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| isPrefiguredBy |
Old Testament priesthood
ⓘ
linked to:
Book of Leviticus
|
| isRecognizedBy |
Orthodox Churches
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
|
| isRelatedTo |
Apostolic Succession
ⓘ
ministerial priesthood ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn | Catechism of the Catholic Church ⓘ |
| isViewedAs | participation in the priesthood of Christ ⓘ |
| requires |
baptism
ⓘ
male candidate in the Catholic Church ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Holy Orders Description of subject: Holy Orders is the sacrament in which men are ordained as deacons, priests, or bishops to serve the Church’s ministry and leadership.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Holy Orders
subject linked to:
Roman Catholic Church (in some calendars)
linked to: Holy Orders
subject linked to:
Catholic Church worldwide
linked to: Holy Orders
linked to: Holy Orders
linked to: Holy Orders