Homily VIII
E555503
Homily VIII is one of the sermons in Basil of Caesarea’s Hexaemeron, a patristic work offering theological and philosophical reflections on the six days of Creation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Homily VIII canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5562314 — 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: Homily VIII Context triple: [Hexaemeron, hasPart, Homily VIII]
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Homily VII
Homily VII is one of the sermons in Basil of Caesarea’s Hexaemeron, a patristic work offering theological and philosophical reflections on the six days of Creation.
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B.
Homily VI
Homily VI is one of the sermons in Basil of Caesarea’s Hexaemeron, continuing his theological and exegetical reflections on the six days of Creation.
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C.
Homily IV
Homily IV is one of the sermons in Basil of Caesarea’s Hexaemeron, a patristic work offering theological and exegetical reflections on the biblical account of creation.
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D.
Homily III
Homily III is one of the sermons within Basil of Caesarea’s Hexaemeron, focusing on theological and philosophical reflections on the biblical account of creation.
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E.
Homily V
Homily V is one of the sermons in Basil of Caesarea’s Hexaemeron, a patristic work offering theological and moral reflections on the six days of Creation.
- 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: Homily VIII Target entity description: Homily VIII is one of the sermons in Basil of Caesarea’s Hexaemeron, a patristic work offering theological and philosophical reflections on the six days of Creation.
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A.
Homily VII
Homily VII is one of the sermons in Basil of Caesarea’s Hexaemeron, a patristic work offering theological and philosophical reflections on the six days of Creation.
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B.
Homily VI
Homily VI is one of the sermons in Basil of Caesarea’s Hexaemeron, continuing his theological and exegetical reflections on the six days of Creation.
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C.
Homily IV
Homily IV is one of the sermons in Basil of Caesarea’s Hexaemeron, a patristic work offering theological and exegetical reflections on the biblical account of creation.
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D.
Homily III
Homily III is one of the sermons within Basil of Caesarea’s Hexaemeron, focusing on theological and philosophical reflections on the biblical account of creation.
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E.
Homily V
Homily V is one of the sermons in Basil of Caesarea’s Hexaemeron, a patristic work offering theological and moral reflections on the six days of Creation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
patristic text
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sermon ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | Basil of Caesarea ⓘ |
| associatedWithWork | Hexaemeron ⓘ |
| author | Basil of Caesarea ⓘ |
| centuryOfComposition | 4th century ⓘ |
| discusses |
Book of Genesis
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cosmology ⓘ creation theology ⓘ divine providence ⓘ order of creation ⓘ six days of Creation ⓘ |
| genre | homily ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
interpretation of creation days
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moral exhortation based on creation ⓘ relationship between God and creation ⓘ |
| includedIn | collections of Basil of Caesarea’s works ⓘ |
| influenced |
Byzantine theology
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later commentaries on Genesis ⓘ medieval Christian exegesis ⓘ |
| literaryForm | expository sermon ⓘ |
| partOf | Hexaemeron ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Caesarea in Cappadocia ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| theologicalSchool | Patristic theology ⓘ |
| tradition | Eastern Christian patristics ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Christian theological education
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historical theology research ⓘ patristic studies ⓘ |
| workSeriesPosition | eighth homily in the Hexaemeron ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Homily VIII Description of subject: Homily VIII is one of the sermons in Basil of Caesarea’s Hexaemeron, a patristic work offering theological and philosophical reflections on the six days of Creation.
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