Homilies on the Gospels
E270369
Homilies on the Gospels is a collection of sermons by Pope Gregory the Great that offers pastoral and moral interpretations of Gospel passages for use in preaching and spiritual instruction.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Homilies on the Gospels canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2475164 — 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: Homilies on the Gospels Context triple: [Pope Gregory the Dialogist, notableWork, Homilies on the Gospels]
-
A.
Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew
Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew is a renowned series of expository sermons by John Chrysostom that offers detailed theological and moral commentary on the Gospel of Matthew.
-
B.
Homilies on the Gospel of John
Homilies on the Gospel of John is a renowned series of sermons by John Chrysostom that offers detailed exegetical and pastoral commentary on the Gospel of John.
-
C.
Homilies on the Epistles of Paul
Homilies on the Epistles of Paul is a renowned collection of sermons by John Chrysostom that offers detailed theological and moral commentary on the Pauline letters in the New Testament.
-
D.
Catechetical Discourses
Catechetical Discourses is a collection of spiritual and theological teachings by the Byzantine mystic Symeon the New Theologian, focusing on inner transformation and direct experience of God.
-
E.
Commentaries on the Bible
Commentaries on the Bible is John Calvin’s extensive series of exegetical works offering detailed Reformed theological interpretation of nearly every book of Scripture.
- 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: Homilies on the Gospels Target entity description: Homilies on the Gospels is a collection of sermons by Pope Gregory the Great that offers pastoral and moral interpretations of Gospel passages for use in preaching and spiritual instruction.
-
A.
Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew
Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew is a renowned series of expository sermons by John Chrysostom that offers detailed theological and moral commentary on the Gospel of Matthew.
-
B.
Homilies on the Gospel of John
Homilies on the Gospel of John is a renowned series of sermons by John Chrysostom that offers detailed exegetical and pastoral commentary on the Gospel of John.
-
C.
Homilies on the Epistles of Paul
Homilies on the Epistles of Paul is a renowned collection of sermons by John Chrysostom that offers detailed theological and moral commentary on the Pauline letters in the New Testament.
-
D.
Catechetical Discourses
Catechetical Discourses is a collection of spiritual and theological teachings by the Byzantine mystic Symeon the New Theologian, focusing on inner transformation and direct experience of God.
-
E.
Commentaries on the Bible
Commentaries on the Bible is John Calvin’s extensive series of exegetical works offering detailed Reformed theological interpretation of nearly every book of Scripture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian theological work
ⓘ
collection of sermons ⓘ patristic text ⓘ |
| associatedWith | papacy of Gregory I ⓘ |
| audience |
Christian faithful
ⓘ
clergy ⓘ |
| author |
Gregory the Great
ⓘ
Gregory the Great ⓘ
surface form:
Pope Gregory I
|
| circulatedIn | Western Europe ⓘ |
| contains | interpretations of Sunday Gospel readings ⓘ |
| doctrinalOrientation | orthodox Catholic teaching ⓘ |
| focus |
moral application of Gospel texts
ⓘ
pastoral exhortation ⓘ |
| genre |
biblical commentary
ⓘ
homily ⓘ sermon collection ⓘ |
| hasForm | series of homilies on Gospel pericopes ⓘ |
| historicalContext | transition from Late Antiquity to early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | important source for early medieval pastoral practice ⓘ |
| influenced |
Western Christian spirituality
ⓘ
medieval exegesis ⓘ medieval preaching ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
didactic
ⓘ
expository ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Gospels
ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ moral theology ⓘ pastoral theology ⓘ |
| preservedIn | medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| purpose |
pastoral guidance
ⓘ
preaching ⓘ spiritual instruction ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Moralia in Job
ⓘ
Pastoral Rule ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
biblical studies
ⓘ
historical theology ⓘ patristics ⓘ |
| theologicalPerspective | pastoral and moral interpretation of Scripture ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| tradition | Latin Church Fathers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
clerical formation
ⓘ
liturgical preaching ⓘ monastic reading ⓘ |
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: Homilies on the Gospels Description of subject: Homilies on the Gospels is a collection of sermons by Pope Gregory the Great that offers pastoral and moral interpretations of Gospel passages for use in preaching and spiritual instruction.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.