Hypomnemata
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Hypomnemata is a lost work of early Christian history and tradition composed by the second-century writer Hegesippus, known through later quotations and references.
All labels observed (1)
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| Hypomnemata canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hypomnemata Context triple: [Hegesippus, workTitle, Hypomnemata]
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A.
Paralipomena
Paralipomena is the second, supplementary volume of Arthur Schopenhauer’s philosophical work "Parerga and Paralipomena," containing additional essays and reflections that expand on his main ideas.
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B.
Feuillets d’Hypnos
Feuillets d’Hypnos is a collection of poetic and fragmentary reflections written by French poet René Char, drawn from his experiences in the French Resistance during World War II.
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C.
Über das Gedächtnis
Über das Gedächtnis is Hermann Ebbinghaus’s pioneering 1885 work that introduced experimental methods to the study of human memory, including the famous forgetting curve and learning curve.
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D.
Letters to Memory
Letters to Memory is an epistolary nonfiction work by Karen Tei Yamashita that reflects on Japanese American incarceration during World War II through family archives, history, and personal memory.
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E.
Syntopicon
Syntopicon is a comprehensive index of great ideas compiled for the Great Books of the Western World series, organizing key philosophical and intellectual themes across classic works.
- 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: Hypomnemata Target entity description: Hypomnemata is a lost work of early Christian history and tradition composed by the second-century writer Hegesippus, known through later quotations and references.
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A.
Paralipomena
Paralipomena is the second, supplementary volume of Arthur Schopenhauer’s philosophical work "Parerga and Paralipomena," containing additional essays and reflections that expand on his main ideas.
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B.
Feuillets d’Hypnos
Feuillets d’Hypnos is a collection of poetic and fragmentary reflections written by French poet René Char, drawn from his experiences in the French Resistance during World War II.
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C.
Über das Gedächtnis
Über das Gedächtnis is Hermann Ebbinghaus’s pioneering 1885 work that introduced experimental methods to the study of human memory, including the famous forgetting curve and learning curve.
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D.
Letters to Memory
Letters to Memory is an epistolary nonfiction work by Karen Tei Yamashita that reflects on Japanese American incarceration during World War II through family archives, history, and personal memory.
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E.
Syntopicon
Syntopicon is a comprehensive index of great ideas compiled for the Great Books of the Western World series, organizing key philosophical and intellectual themes across classic works.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
early Christian historical work
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lost work ⓘ patristic literature ⓘ |
| aim |
to record authentic apostolic tradition
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to refute heresies ⓘ |
| associatedWith | early Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
Ecclesiastical History 2.23 (Eusebius)
NERFINISHED
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Ecclesiastical History 4.8–4.23 (Eusebius) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Hegesippus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citedBy | Eusebius of Caesarea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 2nd century ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
continuity of apostolic tradition
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orthodox Christian teaching ⓘ |
| genre |
church history
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memoirs ⓘ |
| geographicalFocus |
Jerusalem church
NERFINISHED
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Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalCategory | second-century Christian historiography ⓘ |
| historicalReliability | valued by Eusebius as trustworthy ⓘ |
| influenced | later ecclesiastical historiography ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
later quotations
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later references ⓘ |
| language | Greek ⓘ |
| mentions |
James the Just
NERFINISHED
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succession of Roman bishops ⓘ various early Christian sects ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 5 ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| preservationState | fragmentary (only quotations survive) ⓘ |
| quotedIn | Ecclesiastical History (Eusebius) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Ecclesiastical History (Eusebius) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| scholarlyClassification | lost patristic source ⓘ |
| status | lost ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
apostolic tradition
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early Christian history ⓘ heresies in the early Church ⓘ succession of bishops ⓘ |
| survivalMode | fragments in later authors ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation | proto-orthodox Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
apostolic age
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post-apostolic period ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | “memoirs” ⓘ |
| transmission | indirect tradition through Eusebius ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceBy | Eusebius of Caesarea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workType | prose ⓘ |
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