Sanctorum Communio
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Sanctorum Communio is Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s early theological work that presents a groundbreaking ecclesiology by understanding the church as the concrete social form of Christ’s existence as community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sanctorum Communio canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8331089 — 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: Sanctorum Communio Context triple: [Christ existing as community, describedInWork, Sanctorum Communio]
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Sollemnitas Sanctissimi Corporis et Sanguinis Christi
Sollemnitas Sanctissimi Corporis et Sanguinis Christi is the Latin name for the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi, which celebrates the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.
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B.
O Salutaris Hostia
O Salutaris Hostia is a traditional Catholic Eucharistic hymn, composed by St. Thomas Aquinas, that is sung in praise and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
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C.
De sacramentis
De sacramentis is a theological treatise traditionally attributed to Ambrose of Milan that offers an early and influential exposition of Christian sacramental theology, especially on baptism and the Eucharist.
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D.
Ambrosian Mass
The Ambrosian Mass is the principal Eucharistic liturgy of the Ambrosian Rite, a distinct Western liturgical tradition centered in the Archdiocese of Milan and attributed to St. Ambrose.
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E.
The Missal
The Missal is a painting by British Pre-Raphaelite artist John William Waterhouse, likely depicting a contemplative female figure in a richly detailed, romanticized historical or literary setting.
- 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: Sanctorum Communio Target entity description: Sanctorum Communio is Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s early theological work that presents a groundbreaking ecclesiology by understanding the church as the concrete social form of Christ’s existence as community.
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A.
Sollemnitas Sanctissimi Corporis et Sanguinis Christi
Sollemnitas Sanctissimi Corporis et Sanguinis Christi is the Latin name for the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi, which celebrates the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.
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B.
O Salutaris Hostia
O Salutaris Hostia is a traditional Catholic Eucharistic hymn, composed by St. Thomas Aquinas, that is sung in praise and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
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C.
De sacramentis
De sacramentis is a theological treatise traditionally attributed to Ambrose of Milan that offers an early and influential exposition of Christian sacramental theology, especially on baptism and the Eucharist.
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D.
Ambrosian Mass
The Ambrosian Mass is the principal Eucharistic liturgy of the Ambrosian Rite, a distinct Western liturgical tradition centered in the Archdiocese of Milan and attributed to St. Ambrose.
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E.
The Missal
The Missal is a painting by British Pre-Raphaelite artist John William Waterhouse, likely depicting a contemplative female figure in a richly detailed, romanticized historical or literary setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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theological work ⓘ |
| academicContext | doctoral dissertation ⓘ |
| addresses |
church and society
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nature of Christian fellowship ⓘ relationship between individual and community ⓘ |
| author | Dietrich Bonhoeffer ⓘ |
| centralThesis |
Christian community is the presence of Christ in social form
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the church is the concrete social form of Christ’s existence ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Christ’s existence as community
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doctrine of the church ⓘ sociality of the church ⓘ |
| genre |
ecclesiology
ⓘ
theology ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | Sanctorum Communio: A Theological Study of the Sociology of the Church ⓘ |
| hasForm | systematic theological treatise ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century ecclesiology
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ecclesial social ethics ⓘ political theology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
German idealism
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Karl Barth ⓘ Lutheran theology ⓘ Sociology ⓘ |
| isEarlyWorkOf | Dietrich Bonhoeffer ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
church as Christ existing as community
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person-in-community ⓘ sociality of personhood ⓘ |
| notableFor |
groundbreaking ecclesiology
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integration of sociology and dogmatics ⓘ understanding church as social reality ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Sanctorum Communio: Eine dogmatische Untersuchung zur Soziologie der Kirche ⓘ |
| partOf | Bonhoeffer’s early theological writings ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century theology ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1930 ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Act and Being
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Discipleship ⓘ Ethics ⓘ |
| subject |
Christian community
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church ⓘ social theology ⓘ |
| theologicalTradition |
Lutheran theology
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Protestant theology ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Dietrich Bonhoeffer ⓘ |
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