Mar Saba letter
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The Mar Saba letter is a controversial manuscript fragment attributed to Clement of Alexandria that allegedly quotes and describes a longer, secret version of the Gospel of Mark.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mar Saba letter canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19136894 — 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: Mar Saba letter Context triple: [Secret Gospel of Mark, knownFrom, Mar Saba letter]
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A.
Letter of Jesus to Abgar
The Letter of Jesus to Abgar is an early Christian apocryphal text purporting to record a correspondence between Jesus and King Abgar of Edessa, often cited in discussions of legendary traditions about Jesus outside the canonical New Testament.
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B.
Lachish Letters
The Lachish Letters are a collection of inscribed pottery shards from the late Iron Age that provide firsthand accounts of Judah’s final days before the Babylonian conquest.
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C.
Letter to Serapion
Letter to Serapion is a theological treatise by Athanasius of Alexandria that defends the divinity and personhood of the Holy Spirit within Trinitarian doctrine.
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D.
Anaphora of Addai and Mari
The Anaphora of Addai and Mari is one of the oldest Eucharistic prayers in continuous use in Eastern Christianity, particularly within the East Syriac liturgical tradition.
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E.
Epistle of Barnabas
The Epistle of Barnabas is an early Christian work of exhortation and biblical interpretation, traditionally attributed to Barnabas, that offers an allegorical reading of the Old Testament and reflects the developing separation between Christianity and Judaism.
- 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: Mar Saba letter Target entity description: The Mar Saba letter is a controversial manuscript fragment attributed to Clement of Alexandria that allegedly quotes and describes a longer, secret version of the Gospel of Mark.
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A.
Letter of Jesus to Abgar
The Letter of Jesus to Abgar is an early Christian apocryphal text purporting to record a correspondence between Jesus and King Abgar of Edessa, often cited in discussions of legendary traditions about Jesus outside the canonical New Testament.
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B.
Lachish Letters
The Lachish Letters are a collection of inscribed pottery shards from the late Iron Age that provide firsthand accounts of Judah’s final days before the Babylonian conquest.
-
C.
Letter to Serapion
Letter to Serapion is a theological treatise by Athanasius of Alexandria that defends the divinity and personhood of the Holy Spirit within Trinitarian doctrine.
-
D.
Anaphora of Addai and Mari
The Anaphora of Addai and Mari is one of the oldest Eucharistic prayers in continuous use in Eastern Christianity, particularly within the East Syriac liturgical tradition.
-
E.
Epistle of Barnabas
The Epistle of Barnabas is an early Christian work of exhortation and biblical interpretation, traditionally attributed to Barnabas, that offers an allegorical reading of the Old Testament and reflects the developing separation between Christianity and Judaism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.