Quaestiones ad Thalassium
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Quaestiones ad Thalassium is a collection of theological questions and answers traditionally attributed to the early Christian monk and theologian Maximus the Confessor.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Quaestiones ad Thalassium canonical | 2 |
| Quaestiones ad Thalassium of Maximus the Confessor | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quaestiones ad Thalassium Context triple: [Questions to Thalassius, hasAlternativeTitle, Quaestiones ad Thalassium]
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A.
Quaecumque vera
Quaecumque vera is the Latin motto of the University of Alberta, traditionally translated as "Whatsoever things are true."
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B.
Organon
Organon is the traditional collection of Aristotle’s works on logic, which laid the foundation for formal logical theory in Western philosophy.
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Miscellanea Analytica
Miscellanea Analytica is a seminal 18th-century mathematical treatise by Abraham de Moivre that develops advanced methods in analysis and probability theory.
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Liber Tertius
Liber Tertius is the third book of Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal work *De revolutionibus orbium coelestium*, in which he develops key mathematical and astronomical arguments for the heliocentric model.
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E.
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher is a philosophical dialogue by George Berkeley that critiques freethinkers and defends Christian religion and immaterialist philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quaestiones ad Thalassium Target entity description: Quaestiones ad Thalassium is a collection of theological questions and answers traditionally attributed to the early Christian monk and theologian Maximus the Confessor.
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A.
Quaecumque vera
Quaecumque vera is the Latin motto of the University of Alberta, traditionally translated as "Whatsoever things are true."
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B.
Organon
Organon is the traditional collection of Aristotle’s works on logic, which laid the foundation for formal logical theory in Western philosophy.
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C.
Miscellanea Analytica
Miscellanea Analytica is a seminal 18th-century mathematical treatise by Abraham de Moivre that develops advanced methods in analysis and probability theory.
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D.
Liber Tertius
Liber Tertius is the third book of Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal work *De revolutionibus orbium coelestium*, in which he develops key mathematical and astronomical arguments for the heliocentric model.
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E.
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher is a philosophical dialogue by George Berkeley that critiques freethinkers and defends Christian religion and immaterialist philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian literature
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patristic text ⓘ question-and-answer work ⓘ theological work ⓘ |
| addresses |
difficult biblical passages
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theological problems ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Byzantine theology
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Eastern Orthodox theology ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
|
| correspondenceWith | Thalassius ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 7th century ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Thalassius ⓘ |
| hasAuthor |
Maximus the Confessor
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Maximus the Confessor
|
| hasForm | questions and answers ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
biblical exegesis
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spiritual commentary ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
Christocentric interpretation of Scripture
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Neochalcedonian Christology ⓘ monastic spirituality ⓘ |
| hasReception | important source for Maximus’s theology ⓘ |
| hasStructure | series of questions followed by responses ⓘ |
| hasTopic |
Trinity
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human will and divine will ⓘ incarnation ⓘ prayer ⓘ virtue and vice ⓘ |
| influenced |
Eastern Christian spirituality
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later Byzantine theologians ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Christology
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asceticism ⓘ divinization ⓘ interpretation of Scripture ⓘ salvation ⓘ spiritual life ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of Maximus the Confessor ⓘ |
| preservedIn | Greek manuscripts ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
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Eastern Christianity ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
biblical theology
ⓘ
historical theology ⓘ patristics ⓘ |
| traditionalAttribution |
Maximus the Confessor
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linked to:
St. Maximus the Confessor
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| translatedInto |
Latin
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modern languages ⓘ |
| usedBy |
scholars of Maximus the Confessor
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students of Eastern Christian theology ⓘ |
| writtenInCentury | 7th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Quaestiones ad Thalassium Description of subject: Quaestiones ad Thalassium is a collection of theological questions and answers traditionally attributed to the early Christian monk and theologian Maximus the Confessor.
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