Pantheism controversy
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The Pantheism controversy was an 18th-century German philosophical dispute centered on accusations of Spinozism and atheism that sparked widespread debate about reason, faith, and the nature of God.
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| Pantheism controversy canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Pantheism controversy Context triple: [Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, participantIn, Pantheism controversy]
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Osiandrian controversy
The Osiandrian controversy was a 16th-century Lutheran theological dispute centered on Andreas Osiander’s unconventional views on justification and the nature of Christ’s righteousness.
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Iconoclast controversy
The Iconoclast controversy was an 8th–9th century Byzantine religious and political conflict over the veneration of icons that profoundly influenced Eastern Orthodox theology and imperial authority.
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Adiaphoristic controversy
The Adiaphoristic controversy was a 16th-century theological dispute within Lutheranism over whether certain religious practices deemed "adiaphora" (indifferent things) could be accepted or mandated without compromising core doctrine.
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Palamite controversy
The Palamite controversy was a 14th-century theological dispute within Eastern Orthodoxy over Gregory Palamas’s defense of hesychast mysticism and the distinction between God’s unknowable essence and knowable energies.
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Hesychast controversy
The Hesychast controversy was a 14th-century theological and mystical dispute within the Eastern Orthodox Church over the nature of divine light and the practice of contemplative prayer, most notably associated with Gregory Palamas.
- 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: Pantheism controversy Target entity description: The Pantheism controversy was an 18th-century German philosophical dispute centered on accusations of Spinozism and atheism that sparked widespread debate about reason, faith, and the nature of God.
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A.
Osiandrian controversy
The Osiandrian controversy was a 16th-century Lutheran theological dispute centered on Andreas Osiander’s unconventional views on justification and the nature of Christ’s righteousness.
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B.
Iconoclast controversy
The Iconoclast controversy was an 8th–9th century Byzantine religious and political conflict over the veneration of icons that profoundly influenced Eastern Orthodox theology and imperial authority.
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C.
Adiaphoristic controversy
The Adiaphoristic controversy was a 16th-century theological dispute within Lutheranism over whether certain religious practices deemed "adiaphora" (indifferent things) could be accepted or mandated without compromising core doctrine.
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D.
Palamite controversy
The Palamite controversy was a 14th-century theological dispute within Eastern Orthodoxy over Gregory Palamas’s defense of hesychast mysticism and the distinction between God’s unknowable essence and knowable energies.
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E.
Hesychast controversy
The Hesychast controversy was a 14th-century theological and mystical dispute within the Eastern Orthodox Church over the nature of divine light and the practice of contemplative prayer, most notably associated with Gregory Palamas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
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intellectual debate ⓘ philosophical controversy ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
debate over limits of human reason
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debate over personal vs. impersonal conceptions of God ⓘ debate over rationalism vs. fideism ⓘ debate over revelation and natural religion ⓘ |
| hasCause |
accusations of Spinozism
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accusations of atheism ⓘ |
| influenced |
concept of faith in post-Kantian philosophy
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debates on atheism in modern philosophy ⓘ development of German Idealism ⓘ modern theology of religion ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Baruch Spinoza
NERFINISHED
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Christian theology ⓘ Enlightenment rationalism ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mainRegion | German-speaking Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Enlightenment theology
NERFINISHED
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Spinozism NERFINISHED ⓘ atheism ⓘ nature of God ⓘ pantheism ⓘ relationship between reason and faith ⓘ |
| movement |
German Enlightenment
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German Idealism (prehistory) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFigure |
Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi
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Friedrich Schleiermacher NERFINISHED ⓘ Gotthold Ephraim Lessing NERFINISHED ⓘ Immanuel Kant NERFINISHED ⓘ Johann Georg Hamann NERFINISHED ⓘ Johann Gottfried Herder NERFINISHED ⓘ Johann Gottlieb Fichte NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Leonhard Reinhold NERFINISHED ⓘ Moses Mendelssohn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Jerusalem, or On Religious Power and Judaism
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Letters on the Doctrine of Spinoza NERFINISHED ⓘ Morning Hours NERFINISHED ⓘ On Religion: Speeches to Its Cultured Despisers NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Doctrine of Spinoza in Letters to Mr. Moses Mendelssohn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
German Idealism
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Spinozism NERFINISHED ⓘ atheism ⓘ deism ⓘ history of theology ⓘ pantheism ⓘ |
| startTime | 1783 ⓘ |
| temporalLocation | 18th century ⓘ |
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