Six Sermons on Intemperance
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Six Sermons on Intemperance is a series of influential early 19th-century temperance sermons by Lyman Beecher that helped spark and shape the American temperance movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Six Sermons on Intemperance canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Six Sermons on Intemperance Context triple: [Lyman Beecher, notableWork, Six Sermons on Intemperance]
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A.
Sermons Preached on Several Occasions
Sermons Preached on Several Occasions is a collection of religious discourses by Anglican clergyman John Sharp, reflecting his theological views and preaching style.
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B.
A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians
A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians is an influential late-18th-century evangelical Christian treatise critiquing nominal Christianity and urging a more authentic, active faith.
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C.
Their Morals and Ours
"Their Morals and Ours" is a 1938 political essay by Leon Trotsky that defends revolutionary socialist ethics against bourgeois morality and critiques Stalinism.
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D.
Sermo Vulgaris
Sermo Vulgaris is the informal, everyday spoken form of Latin from which the Romance languages evolved.
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E.
Essays to Do Good
Essays to Do Good is a 1710 collection of moral and religious essays by Puritan minister Cotton Mather that urges Christians to engage in practical benevolence and social reform.
- 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: Six Sermons on Intemperance Target entity description: Six Sermons on Intemperance is a series of influential early 19th-century temperance sermons by Lyman Beecher that helped spark and shape the American temperance movement.
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A.
Sermons Preached on Several Occasions
Sermons Preached on Several Occasions is a collection of religious discourses by Anglican clergyman John Sharp, reflecting his theological views and preaching style.
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B.
A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians
A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians is an influential late-18th-century evangelical Christian treatise critiquing nominal Christianity and urging a more authentic, active faith.
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C.
Their Morals and Ours
"Their Morals and Ours" is a 1938 political essay by Leon Trotsky that defends revolutionary socialist ethics against bourgeois morality and critiques Stalinism.
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D.
Sermo Vulgaris
Sermo Vulgaris is the informal, everyday spoken form of Latin from which the Romance languages evolved.
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E.
Essays to Do Good
Essays to Do Good is a 1710 collection of moral and religious essays by Puritan minister Cotton Mather that urges Christians to engage in practical benevolence and social reform.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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religious text ⓘ temperance literature ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American Protestant reform
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Lyman Beecher ⓘ moral suasion strategy in temperance activism ⓘ |
| author | Lyman Beecher ⓘ |
| circulation | widely circulated in the United States ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
Christian literature
ⓘ
moral reform literature ⓘ sermon collection ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Sermon I
ⓘ
Sermon I ⓘ
surface form:
Sermon II
Sermon I ⓘ
surface form:
Sermon III
Sermon I ⓘ
surface form:
Sermon IV
Sermon I ⓘ
surface form:
Sermon V
Sermon I ⓘ
surface form:
Sermon VI
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| historicalSignificance |
helped shape early temperance ideology in the United States
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helped spark the American temperance movement ⓘ |
| impact |
encouraged formation of temperance societies
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increased public awareness of alcohol-related problems ⓘ |
| influenced |
temperance movement
ⓘ
surface form:
American temperance movement
|
| intendedAudience |
American Protestantism
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surface form:
American Protestants
moral reformers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | didactic prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Christian ethics
ⓘ
alcohol abuse ⓘ temperance ⓘ |
| movement | American temperance movement ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston
Massachusetts ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| publisher | T. R. Marvin ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination |
Presbyterian
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surface form:
Presbyterianism
|
| religiousTradition | Protestantism ⓘ |
| setting | early 19th-century United States ⓘ |
| theme |
moral dangers of alcohol
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reform of personal habits ⓘ reform of society ⓘ religious duty of abstinence ⓘ social consequences of intemperance ⓘ |
| theologicalPerspective | Calvinist ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | early 19th-century American society ⓘ |
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