apostolic letter Salvifici Doloris
E51232
Salvifici Doloris is an apostolic letter by Pope John Paul II that offers a theological reflection on the Christian meaning of human suffering.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| apostolic letter Salvifici Doloris canonical | 1 |
| apostolic letters of Pope John Paul II | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T406509 — 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: apostolic letter Salvifici Doloris Context triple: [Pope John Paul II, authored, apostolic letter Salvifici Doloris]
-
A.
apostolic letter Fidelis dispensator et prudens
The apostolic letter *Fidelis dispensator et prudens* is a papal document by Pope Francis that reformed the Holy See’s financial governance, including the establishment of the Council for the Economy.
-
B.
Redemptoris Custos
Redemptoris Custos is an apostolic exhortation by Pope John Paul II that reflects on the life and mission of Saint Joseph as guardian of the Redeemer and model of Christian fatherhood.
-
C.
Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis
Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis is the formal papal document issued by Pope John XXIII that officially convoked the Second Vatican Council and outlined its purposes.
-
D.
Perfectae Caritatis
Perfectae Caritatis is a decree of the Second Vatican Council that outlines the renewal and adaptation of religious life within the Catholic Church.
-
E.
Suprema Paenitentiaria Apostolica
Suprema Paenitentiaria Apostolica is the Latin name for the Apostolic Penitentiary, the Vatican tribunal responsible for issues of the internal forum, indulgences, and absolution of particularly grave sins.
- 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: apostolic letter Salvifici Doloris Target entity description: Salvifici Doloris is an apostolic letter by Pope John Paul II that offers a theological reflection on the Christian meaning of human suffering.
-
A.
apostolic letter Fidelis dispensator et prudens
The apostolic letter *Fidelis dispensator et prudens* is a papal document by Pope Francis that reformed the Holy See’s financial governance, including the establishment of the Council for the Economy.
-
B.
Redemptoris Custos
Redemptoris Custos is an apostolic exhortation by Pope John Paul II that reflects on the life and mission of Saint Joseph as guardian of the Redeemer and model of Christian fatherhood.
-
C.
Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis
Apostolic Constitution Humanae Salutis is the formal papal document issued by Pope John XXIII that officially convoked the Second Vatican Council and outlined its purposes.
-
D.
Perfectae Caritatis
Perfectae Caritatis is a decree of the Second Vatican Council that outlines the renewal and adaptation of religious life within the Catholic Church.
-
E.
Suprema Paenitentiaria Apostolica
Suprema Paenitentiaria Apostolica is the Latin name for the Apostolic Penitentiary, the Vatican tribunal responsible for issues of the internal forum, indulgences, and absolution of particularly grave sins.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
apostolic letter
ⓘ
magisterial document ⓘ |
| addressesTopic |
Christian hope amid suffering
ⓘ
meaning of suffering in salvation history ⓘ moral suffering ⓘ pastoral care of the sick ⓘ physical suffering ⓘ spiritual suffering ⓘ suffering in light of the Cross ⓘ suffering of the innocent ⓘ |
| author | Pope John Paul II ⓘ |
| biblicalFoundation |
Book of Job
ⓘ
Gospels ⓘ New Testament ⓘ |
| doctrinalFocus |
Christology
ⓘ
soteriology ⓘ theology of suffering ⓘ |
| documentType | apostolic letter ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle | On the Christian Meaning of Human Suffering ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Catholic pastoral care of the sick
ⓘ
Catholic spirituality of suffering ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
Catholics
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
all Christians ⓘ all people who suffer ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
Christ gives suffering a new meaning
ⓘ
love is the deepest source of the meaning of suffering ⓘ suffering can be a participation in the work of redemption ⓘ suffering united to Christ has salvific value ⓘ the Church has a special mission to the suffering ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| magisterialLevel | ordinary papal magisterium ⓘ |
| papalDocumentOf |
Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| placeInCorpus | part of the papal writings of John Paul II ⓘ |
| popeNumberOfAuthor |
Pope John Paul II was the 264th Pope
ⓘ
linked to:
Pope John Paul II
|
| promulgatedBy | Pope John Paul II ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Catholic moral theology
ⓘ
Catholic social teaching ⓘ theology of the body ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
Christian meaning of suffering
ⓘ
human suffering ⓘ love and suffering ⓘ mystery of evil ⓘ participation in Christ’s Passion ⓘ redemptive suffering ⓘ salvation ⓘ solidarity with the suffering ⓘ |
| titleLanguageVariant | English ⓘ |
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: apostolic letter Salvifici Doloris Description of subject: Salvifici Doloris is an apostolic letter by Pope John Paul II that offers a theological reflection on the Christian meaning of human suffering.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: apostolic letter Salvifici Doloris