The Soul’s Conflict
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The Soul’s Conflict is a classic 17th-century Puritan devotional work by Richard Sibbes that offers pastoral counsel on spiritual doubt, suffering, and assurance of faith.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Soul’s Conflict canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4427533 — 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: The Soul’s Conflict Context triple: [Richard Sibbes, notableWork, The Soul’s Conflict]
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A.
The Soul’s Prison House
The Soul’s Prison House is a symbolist Pre-Raphaelite painting by Evelyn De Morgan that explores themes of spiritual confinement and the soul’s struggle for liberation from the material world.
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B.
The Agony of the Mind
The Agony of the Mind is a sculptural work by Swedish artist Carl Milles that powerfully explores inner psychological struggle and emotional torment through expressive, modernist forms.
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C.
The Nemesis of Faith
The Nemesis of Faith is a controversial 1849 novel by James Anthony Froude that explores religious doubt and Victorian crisis of faith, which led to its public condemnation and notoriety.
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D.
She Who Holds a Thousand Souls
She Who Holds a Thousand Souls is an epithet of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut, highlighting her role as the cosmic mother who receives and protects the souls of the dead.
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E.
Souls on Fire
Souls on Fire is a collection of spiritual and biographical tales in which Elie Wiesel portrays the lives, teachings, and inner struggles of Hasidic masters.
- 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: The Soul’s Conflict Target entity description: The Soul’s Conflict is a classic 17th-century Puritan devotional work by Richard Sibbes that offers pastoral counsel on spiritual doubt, suffering, and assurance of faith.
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A.
The Soul’s Prison House
The Soul’s Prison House is a symbolist Pre-Raphaelite painting by Evelyn De Morgan that explores themes of spiritual confinement and the soul’s struggle for liberation from the material world.
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B.
The Agony of the Mind
The Agony of the Mind is a sculptural work by Swedish artist Carl Milles that powerfully explores inner psychological struggle and emotional torment through expressive, modernist forms.
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C.
The Nemesis of Faith
The Nemesis of Faith is a controversial 1849 novel by James Anthony Froude that explores religious doubt and Victorian crisis of faith, which led to its public condemnation and notoriety.
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D.
She Who Holds a Thousand Souls
She Who Holds a Thousand Souls is an epithet of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut, highlighting her role as the cosmic mother who receives and protects the souls of the dead.
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E.
Souls on Fire
Souls on Fire is a collection of spiritual and biographical tales in which Elie Wiesel portrays the lives, teachings, and inner struggles of Hasidic masters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian devotional work
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Puritan literature ⓘ book ⓘ |
| addresses |
fear of God’s abandonment
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struggle to believe God’s promises ⓘ temptations to despair ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
comfort afflicted consciences
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guide believers toward assurance ⓘ strengthen weak faith ⓘ |
| author | Richard Sibbes ⓘ |
| authorNationality | English ⓘ |
| centuryOfComposition | 17th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| doctrinalOrientation |
Calvinist
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linked to:
Calvinism
|
| emphasizes |
Christ-centered comfort
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assurance grounded in God’s character ⓘ honest acknowledgment of spiritual conflict ⓘ use of biblical promises in trial ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
application of Scripture to inner spiritual conflict
ⓘ
pastoral counsel ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian spirituality
ⓘ
devotional literature ⓘ pastoral theology ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Reformed pastoral counseling traditions
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later Protestant devotional writing ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
English Puritan movement
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linked to:
Puritanism
early Stuart England ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
Christians struggling with doubt
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believers undergoing suffering ⓘ readers seeking assurance of salvation ⓘ |
| isDescribedAs |
classic Puritan devotional work
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pastoral treatment of spiritual depression ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | series of sermons adapted for print ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
assurance of faith
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comfort for troubled consciences ⓘ encouragement in affliction ⓘ spiritual doubt ⓘ suffering ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Glorious Freedom
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The Bruised Reed ⓘ |
| religiousSubject |
Christian faith
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consolation from the promises of God ⓘ union with Christ ⓘ work of the Holy Spirit in the soul ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Protestantism
ⓘ
linked to:
Protestant Christianity
|
| theologicalTradition |
Puritanism
ⓘ
Reformed theology ⓘ |
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subject linked to:
Richard Sibbs