Amandus Polanus
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Amandus Polanus was a prominent late 16th- and early 17th-century Reformed theologian known for systematizing Calvinist doctrine in a rigorous scholastic framework.
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| Amandus Polanus canonical | 1 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Amandus Polanus Context triple: [Reformed scholasticism, hasNotableFigure, Amandus Polanus]
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A.
Andreas Alciatus
Andreas Alciatus was a 16th-century Italian jurist and scholar, renowned as a founder of legal humanism and for pioneering the emblem book genre.
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B.
Georg Wilhelm Postel
Georg Wilhelm Postel was a German painter known for his landscape and genre scenes in the 19th century.
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C.
Henricus Stephanus
Henricus Stephanus was a prominent 16th-century French humanist printer and classical scholar, renowned for his influential editions of Greek and Latin texts.
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D.
Michael Agricola
Michael Agricola was a 16th-century Finnish clergyman and scholar regarded as the father of written Finnish for his pioneering work in translating the Bible and standardizing the Finnish language.
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E.
Nikolaus Episcopius
Nikolaus Episcopius was a 16th-century Basel printer and publisher who continued the influential humanist printing tradition established by Johann Froben.
- 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: Amandus Polanus Target entity description: Amandus Polanus was a prominent late 16th- and early 17th-century Reformed theologian known for systematizing Calvinist doctrine in a rigorous scholastic framework.
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A.
Andreas Alciatus
Andreas Alciatus was a 16th-century Italian jurist and scholar, renowned as a founder of legal humanism and for pioneering the emblem book genre.
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B.
Georg Wilhelm Postel
Georg Wilhelm Postel was a German painter known for his landscape and genre scenes in the 19th century.
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C.
Henricus Stephanus
Henricus Stephanus was a prominent 16th-century French humanist printer and classical scholar, renowned for his influential editions of Greek and Latin texts.
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D.
Michael Agricola
Michael Agricola was a 16th-century Finnish clergyman and scholar regarded as the father of written Finnish for his pioneering work in translating the Bible and standardizing the Finnish language.
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E.
Nikolaus Episcopius
Nikolaus Episcopius was a 16th-century Basel printer and publisher who continued the influential humanist printing tradition established by Johann Froben.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Reformed theologian
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human ⓘ scholastic theologian ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1610 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1580 ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1561-12-16 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Kingdom of Bohemia
NERFINISHED
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Třeboň NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Kingdom of Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity | Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1610-07-17 ⓘ |
| doctrineFocus |
Trinitarian theology
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covenant theology ⓘ predestination ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Basel
NERFINISHED
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University of Geneva NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Tübingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | University of Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Post-Reformation Reformed orthodoxy
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Reformation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Bohemian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Polanus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Reformed scholasticism
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dogmatics ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| givenName | Amandus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
17th-century Reformed dogmatics
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later Reformed scholasticism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
John Calvin
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Peter Martyr Vermigli NERFINISHED ⓘ Theodore Beza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
developing a rigorous scholastic framework for Reformed theology
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systematizing Calvinist doctrine ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
German
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Latin ⓘ |
| methodologicalApproach |
Ramism
NERFINISHED
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scholastic method ⓘ |
| movement | Calvinism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Amandus Polanus von Polansdorf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
De praedestinatione
NERFINISHED
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Partitiones theologicae NERFINISHED ⓘ Syntagma theologiae Christianae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
professor of Old Testament
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professor of theology ⓘ |
| religion | Reformed Christianity ⓘ |
| studentOf |
Johann Jakob Grynaeus
NERFINISHED
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Theodore Beza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theologicalTradition | Reformed orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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