Cornelius Jansen
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Cornelius Jansen was a 17th-century Dutch Catholic theologian and bishop whose writings inspired the Jansenist movement, a rigorist reform current within Catholicism.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cornelius Jansen canonical | 12 |
| Cornelius Jansenius | 1 |
| Cornelius Jansenius Yprensis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4011589 — 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.
Target entity: Cornelius Jansen Context triple: [Jansenist abbey of Port-Royal, associatedWith, Cornelius Jansen]
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Petrus Sabbatius
Petrus Sabbatius is the birth name of Justinian I, the Byzantine emperor renowned for his ambitious legal reforms and efforts to restore the Roman Empire’s former territories.
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Simon Episcopius
Simon Episcopius was a leading Dutch Remonstrant theologian and successor to Jacobus Arminius, known for systematizing and defending Arminian theology against strict Calvinism in the early 17th century.
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Johannes Cocceius
Johannes Cocceius was a 17th-century German-Dutch Reformed theologian known for his federal (covenant) theology and influential biblical scholarship in the Dutch Republic.
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Franciscus Gomarus
Franciscus Gomarus was a Dutch Calvinist theologian and staunch defender of strict predestinarian doctrine who became a leading opponent of Jacobus Arminius in the early 17th-century theological disputes.
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Guido de Brès
Guido de Brès was a 16th-century Reformed theologian and Protestant martyr from the Low Countries, best known for shaping early Calvinist doctrine and dying for his faith during the Spanish persecution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Cornelius Jansen Target entity description: Cornelius Jansen was a 17th-century Dutch Catholic theologian and bishop whose writings inspired the Jansenist movement, a rigorist reform current within Catholicism.
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A.
Petrus Sabbatius
Petrus Sabbatius is the birth name of Justinian I, the Byzantine emperor renowned for his ambitious legal reforms and efforts to restore the Roman Empire’s former territories.
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B.
Simon Episcopius
Simon Episcopius was a leading Dutch Remonstrant theologian and successor to Jacobus Arminius, known for systematizing and defending Arminian theology against strict Calvinism in the early 17th century.
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C.
Johannes Cocceius
Johannes Cocceius was a 17th-century German-Dutch Reformed theologian known for his federal (covenant) theology and influential biblical scholarship in the Dutch Republic.
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D.
Franciscus Gomarus
Franciscus Gomarus was a Dutch Calvinist theologian and staunch defender of strict predestinarian doctrine who became a leading opponent of Jacobus Arminius in the early 17th-century theological disputes.
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E.
Guido de Brès
Guido de Brès was a 16th-century Reformed theologian and Protestant martyr from the Low Countries, best known for shaping early Calvinist doctrine and dying for his faith during the Spanish persecution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic theologian
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Dutch person ⓘ bishop ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | theology ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cornelius Jansen
ⓘ
surface form:
Cornelius Jansenius
Cornelius Jansen ⓘ
surface form:
Cornelius Jansenius Yprensis
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| appointedAsBishopYear | 1636 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Diocese of Ypres
ⓘ
KU Leuven ⓘ
surface form:
University of Leuven
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| birthCountry | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1585-10-28 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Acquoy ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Ypres ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | plague ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 17th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| deathCountry |
Habsburg Netherlands
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surface form:
Spanish Netherlands
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| deathDate | 1638-05-06 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Ypres ⓘ |
| doctrinalFocus |
efficacy of grace
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original sin ⓘ predestination ⓘ |
| education |
KU Leuven
ⓘ
surface form:
University of Leuven
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| employer |
KU Leuven
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surface form:
University of Leuven
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| fieldOfWork |
Catholic theology
ⓘ
dogmatic theology ⓘ moral theology ⓘ |
| givenName | Cornelius ⓘ |
| influenced |
Jansenist theologians
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Port-Royal Solitaries ⓘ
surface form:
Port-Royal theologians
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| influencedBy | Augustine of Hippo ⓘ |
| inspired |
Jansenism
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surface form:
Jansenist movement
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| languageOfWork | Latin ⓘ |
| movement | Jansenism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of Jesuit moral theology
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emphasis on divine grace ⓘ inspiration of Jansenism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Augustine of Hippo
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surface form:
Augustinus
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| occupation |
Catholic bishop
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theologian ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Bishop of Ypres ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Low Countries ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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| theologicalOrientation |
Augustinian
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rigorist ⓘ |
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Subject: Cornelius Jansen Description of subject: Cornelius Jansen was a 17th-century Dutch Catholic theologian and bishop whose writings inspired the Jansenist movement, a rigorist reform current within Catholicism.
Referenced by (14)
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