De diligendo Deo
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De diligendo Deo is a spiritual treatise by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux that explores the nature, reasons, and degrees of loving God.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| De diligendo Deo canonical | 2 |
| Treatise on the Love of God | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4757856 — 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: De diligendo Deo Context triple: [Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, notableWork, De diligendo Deo]
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A.
Sublimis Deus
Sublimis Deus is a 1537 papal bull by Pope Paul III that declared the indigenous peoples of the Americas to be rational humans with souls who must not be enslaved.
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B.
Quaecumque vera
Quaecumque vera is the Latin motto of the University of Alberta, traditionally translated as "Whatsoever things are true."
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C.
Tuitio Fidei
Tuitio Fidei is a Latin phrase meaning “defense of the faith,” central to the spiritual mission and motto of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
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D.
De correptione et gratia
De correptione et gratia is a theological treatise by Augustine of Hippo that explores divine grace, human free will, and the correction of sinners within Christian doctrine.
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E.
Divinae Institutiones
Divinae Institutiones is an early 4th-century Christian apologetic work by Lactantius that systematically presents and defends Christian doctrine to a Roman audience.
- 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: De diligendo Deo Target entity description: De diligendo Deo is a spiritual treatise by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux that explores the nature, reasons, and degrees of loving God.
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A.
Sublimis Deus
Sublimis Deus is a 1537 papal bull by Pope Paul III that declared the indigenous peoples of the Americas to be rational humans with souls who must not be enslaved.
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B.
Quaecumque vera
Quaecumque vera is the Latin motto of the University of Alberta, traditionally translated as "Whatsoever things are true."
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C.
Tuitio Fidei
Tuitio Fidei is a Latin phrase meaning “defense of the faith,” central to the spiritual mission and motto of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
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D.
De correptione et gratia
De correptione et gratia is a theological treatise by Augustine of Hippo that explores divine grace, human free will, and the correction of sinners within Christian doctrine.
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E.
Divinae Institutiones
Divinae Institutiones is an early 4th-century Christian apologetic work by Lactantius that systematically presents and defends Christian doctrine to a Roman audience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian literature
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spiritual treatise ⓘ theological treatise ⓘ |
| addressesAudience |
Christians seeking spiritual growth
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monks ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cistercian spirituality
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monastic theology ⓘ |
| author |
Bernard of Clairvaux
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linked to:
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux ⓘ |
| centuryOfComposition | 12th century ⓘ |
| circulatedIn | medieval monasteries ⓘ |
| composedIn | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| discusses |
degrees of loving God
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nature of loving God ⓘ reasons for loving God ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
disinterested love of God
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primacy of divine love ⓘ progressive growth in charity ⓘ |
| genre | treatise ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
Catholic spiritual theology
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Christian devotional literature ⓘ medieval mysticism ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Augustinian theology ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
four degrees of love
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gratitude for divine benefits ⓘ love of God for His own sake ⓘ purification of love ⓘ union with God ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Christian spirituality
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love of God ⓘ mystical theology ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | Bernardine corpus ⓘ |
| relatedWorkBySameAuthor |
De gradibus humilitatis et superbiae
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Sermons on the Song of Songs ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Roman Catholicism
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Western Christianity ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Christian spiritual theology courses
ⓘ
medieval theology studies ⓘ |
| theologicalDiscipline |
moral theology
ⓘ
spiritual theology ⓘ |
| titleInLatin | De diligendo Deo ⓘ |
| translatedTitle | On Loving God ⓘ |
| writtenByMemberOf |
Cistercian Order
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linked to:
Cistercians
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Referenced by (4)
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linked to: De diligendo Deo
linked to: De diligendo Deo