De omnifaria doctrina
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De omnifaria doctrina is a Byzantine philosophical and encyclopedic work by Michael Psellos that surveys a wide range of theological, scientific, and philosophical topics.
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| De omnifaria doctrina canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: De omnifaria doctrina Context triple: [Michael Psellos, notableWork, De omnifaria doctrina]
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A.
Divinae Institutiones
Divinae Institutiones is an early 4th-century Christian apologetic work by Lactantius that systematically presents and defends Christian doctrine to a Roman audience.
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B.
Breviloquium
Breviloquium is a concise theological handbook by the medieval Franciscan scholar Bonaventure that systematically summarizes key doctrines of Christian theology.
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C.
The True Doctrine
The True Doctrine is a lost anti-Christian polemical work by the 2nd-century philosopher Celsus, known today primarily through Origen’s rebuttal in Contra Celsum.
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D.
Quaecumque vera
Quaecumque vera is the Latin motto of the University of Alberta, traditionally translated as "Whatsoever things are true."
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E.
Arcanum divinae sapientiae
Arcanum divinae sapientiae is an 1880 encyclical of Pope Leo XIII that expounds the Catholic doctrine on Christian marriage and the sacramentality and indissolubility of the marital bond.
- 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: De omnifaria doctrina Target entity description: De omnifaria doctrina is a Byzantine philosophical and encyclopedic work by Michael Psellos that surveys a wide range of theological, scientific, and philosophical topics.
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A.
Divinae Institutiones
Divinae Institutiones is an early 4th-century Christian apologetic work by Lactantius that systematically presents and defends Christian doctrine to a Roman audience.
-
B.
Breviloquium
Breviloquium is a concise theological handbook by the medieval Franciscan scholar Bonaventure that systematically summarizes key doctrines of Christian theology.
-
C.
The True Doctrine
The True Doctrine is a lost anti-Christian polemical work by the 2nd-century philosopher Celsus, known today primarily through Origen’s rebuttal in Contra Celsum.
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D.
Quaecumque vera
Quaecumque vera is the Latin motto of the University of Alberta, traditionally translated as "Whatsoever things are true."
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E.
Arcanum divinae sapientiae
Arcanum divinae sapientiae is an 1880 encyclical of Pope Leo XIII that expounds the Catholic doctrine on Christian marriage and the sacramentality and indissolubility of the marital bond.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Byzantine philosophical work
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encyclopedic work ⓘ theological treatise ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Middle Byzantine period ⓘ |
| author | Michael Psellos ⓘ |
| authorOccupation |
court intellectual
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philosopher ⓘ rhetorician ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| coversDiscipline |
astronomy
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natural science ⓘ philosophy ⓘ psychology (pre-modern) ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| genre |
encyclopedia
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philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
illustrates synthesis of classical philosophy and Christian doctrine in Byzantium
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important source for Byzantine intellectual history ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Neoplatonism ⓘ Patristic theology ⓘ Plato ⓘ |
| language | Medieval Greek ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Christian theology
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angelology ⓘ biblical exegesis ⓘ classical philosophy reception ⓘ cosmology ⓘ demonology ⓘ ethics ⓘ logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Byzantine philosophy
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linked to:
Byzantine Platonism
Christian Platonism ⓘ |
| preservedIn | medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Chronographia
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Theologica (Psellos) ⓘ |
| structure |
collection of short treatises
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encyclopedic survey ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Byzantine studies
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history of philosophy ⓘ patristics and Byzantine theology ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 11th century ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | On all sorts of doctrine ⓘ |
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