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Sentences

The Sentences (Latin: Sententiae in quatuor libris distinctae; English: Sentences Divided into Four Books) is a compendium of Christian theology written by Peter Lombard around 1150. It was the most important religious textbook of the Middle Ages.

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Author
Peter Lombard
Genre
Reference work · Collection of glosses
Publication date
c. 1158
Language
Latin
Original title
Sententiae in quatuor libris distinctae
Publication place
France

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Sentences

Nodes55
Edges54
Triples113
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.036364
Components1

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related to Legacy · 38
Sentences → After, Albert, Alexander, All, Bible, Bonaventure, Book III, Cardinals, Champagne, Christ's, Christian, Christological Nihilianism, Church, Duns Scotus, Europe, Fourth Council, Gabriel Biel, Great, Hales, In
related to background · 23
Sentences → Aquitaine's Sententia, Augustine, Christian, Church Fathers, Damascus, Damascus' The Source, Glossa Ordinaria, Glosses, Gradually, Hippo, In, Isidore, It, John, Knowledge, Latin, Lombard, Lombard's Sentences, Prosper, Seville's Sententiae
related to Composition · 16
Sentences → Augustine, By, Editorial, Glossa Ordinaria, In, Ireland, Julian, Lombard's, Lombard's Magna, Michael, Paris, Peter's, The, The Sentences, There, Toledo's
related to Further reading · 15
Sentences → Co, Elizabeth Frances Rogers, Great Medieval Book, Merrick, NY, Peter Lombard, Peter Lombard's, Philipp, Richwood Pub, Rosemann, Sacramental System, The Story, Toronto, Toronto Press, University
related to Contents · 10
Sentences → Alexander, At, Bible, Church Fathers, Hales, In, Lombard, Lombard's, Middle Ages, Probably
related to External links · 3
Sentences → Bibliothèque Municipale Troyes, Manuscript, The Sentences
Genre · 2
Sentences → Collection of glosses, Reference work
Author · 1
Sentences → Peter Lombard
Language · 1
Sentences → Latin
Original title · 1
Sentences → Sententiae in quatuor libris distinctae

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lombard latin peter work lombard's sententiae theology glosses sententiarum textbook books christian medieval manuscript paris book patrologia latina four religious

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SentencesAuthorPeter Lombard1.00infobox
SentencesGenreReference work1.00infobox
SentencesGenreCollection of glosses1.00infobox
SentencesLanguageLatin1.00infobox
SentencesOriginal titleSententiae in quatuor libris distinctae1.00infobox
SentencesPublication datec. 11581.00infobox
SentencesPublication placeFrance1.00infobox
SentencesSubjectChristian theology1.00infobox
Sentencesrelated to backgroundThe0.60section
Sentencesrelated to backgroundProsper0.60section
Sentencesrelated to backgroundAquitaine's Sententia0.60section
Sentencesrelated to backgroundAugustine0.60section

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