Old Catholic Church of Germany
E76979
The Old Catholic Church of Germany is a Christian denomination that split from the Roman Catholic Church in the 19th century over issues such as papal infallibility and is part of the international Old Catholic communion.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Catholic Church of Germany canonical | 4 |
| Alt-Katholische Kirche in Deutschland | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T614370 — 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: Old Catholic Church of Germany Context triple: [Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic, communionWith, Old Catholic Church of Germany]
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A.
Evangelical Church in Central Germany
The Evangelical Church in Central Germany is a regional Protestant church body within the Evangelical Church in Germany, encompassing Lutheran and united congregations across central German states.
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B.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg is a regional Protestant church body in northwestern Germany and a member of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).
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C.
Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
The Evangelical Church in the Rhineland is a major Protestant regional church in western Germany, belonging to the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) and encompassing congregations primarily along the Rhine.
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D.
Old Catholic Church of Austria
The Old Catholic Church of Austria is a Christian denomination in Austria that follows Old Catholic theology and practice while remaining independent of the Roman Catholic Church.
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E.
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover is a major regional Protestant church in northern Germany and one of the largest member churches within the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).
- 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: Old Catholic Church of Germany Target entity description: The Old Catholic Church of Germany is a Christian denomination that split from the Roman Catholic Church in the 19th century over issues such as papal infallibility and is part of the international Old Catholic communion.
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A.
Evangelical Church in Central Germany
The Evangelical Church in Central Germany is a regional Protestant church body within the Evangelical Church in Germany, encompassing Lutheran and united congregations across central German states.
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B.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg is a regional Protestant church body in northwestern Germany and a member of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).
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C.
Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
The Evangelical Church in the Rhineland is a major Protestant regional church in western Germany, belonging to the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) and encompassing congregations primarily along the Rhine.
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D.
Old Catholic Church of Austria
The Old Catholic Church of Austria is a Christian denomination in Austria that follows Old Catholic theology and practice while remaining independent of the Roman Catholic Church.
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E.
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover is a major regional Protestant church in northern Germany and one of the largest member churches within the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian denomination
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Old Catholic church ⓘ religious organization ⓘ |
| acceptsCouncil | first seven ecumenical councils ⓘ |
| allows |
divorced and remarried persons to receive sacraments
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married clergy ⓘ |
| classification | Western Christianity ⓘ |
| communionWith |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Old Catholic Church of Austria ⓘ Old Catholic Church of Switzerland ⓘ
linked to:
Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic ⓘ Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands ⓘ Philippine Independent Church ⓘ Polish Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to:
Old Catholic Church of Poland
|
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| doctrine |
Apostles' Creed
ⓘ
linked to:
Apostles’ Creed
Nicene Creed ⓘ |
| ecclesiology | episcopal polity ⓘ |
| emergedInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| emphasis |
lay participation in church governance
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synodality ⓘ |
| hasClergy |
bishops
ⓘ
deacons ⓘ priests ⓘ |
| hasDialogueWith |
Orthodox churches
ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| languageOfLiturgy | German ⓘ |
| liturgy | Western liturgical tradition ⓘ |
| orientation | catholic but not Roman Catholic ⓘ |
| partOf | Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches ⓘ |
| practices |
Eucharist
ⓘ
anointing of the sick ⓘ baptism ⓘ confession ⓘ confirmation ⓘ marriage ⓘ ordination ⓘ sacramental worship ⓘ |
| regionServed | Germany ⓘ |
| rejectsDoctrine |
Assumption of Mary as dogma of faith
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Immaculate Conception as dogma of faith ⓘ universal jurisdiction of the pope ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| schismCause |
opposition to First Vatican Council decisions
ⓘ
rejection of papal infallibility ⓘ |
| separatedFrom |
Roman Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| theology | Old Catholicism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Old Catholic Church of Germany Description of subject: The Old Catholic Church of Germany is a Christian denomination that split from the Roman Catholic Church in the 19th century over issues such as papal infallibility and is part of the international Old Catholic communion.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
IBC
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Christlicher Kirchen in Deutschland
→
hasMember
→
Alt-Katholische Kirche in Deutschland
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linked to: Old Catholic Church of Germany