Doctrine Analysis
Doctrine Analysis: Acts 1–28 (English → Assamese)
This document is the full-book doctrine matrix for the Acts curriculum, extending the Romans baseline Language Package. It is CONSISTENT with assets/doctrine_risk_registry.json: every doctrine name, risk tier, and review routing below matches that registry exactly. This document adds chapter-by-chapter and section-by-section traceability across the entire book so that no chapter is silently skipped, even where a chapter contributes no new doctrinal load. The core passage (Acts 2:1–41, Pentecost) is the theological anchor of the curriculum, not its scope boundary — full coverage of Acts 1–28 follows below.
Review routing key (per doctrine_risk_registry.json risk_definitions):
- Critical / High → Human theologian review required for every occurrence
- Medium → Native speaker review recommended
- Low → Automated review sufficient
Chapter-by-Chapter Doctrine Matrix
Acts 1 — Ascension, Waiting for the Spirit, Replacing Judas
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension of Christ | 1:9-11 | Critical | স্বৰ্গলৈ তুলি লৈ যোৱা হ’ল must read as a unique, historical, bodily, permanent exaltation with promised bodily return — not a periodic mythic celestial return of a deity after a temporary avatar-episode. | Human theologian |
| The Great Commission Fulfilled | 1:8 | High | Programmatic mission-scope statement; must avoid confrontational/colonial framing (19th-c. American Baptist Mission history among Assam’s tribal populations). | Native speaker review |
| Kingdom Mission | 1:3, 1:6 | Medium | Disciples’ question about restoring the kingdom risks a political/territorial reading; keep ঈশ্বৰৰ ৰাজ্য distinct from any Ahom-kingdom-style territorial sovereignty association. | Native speaker review |
| Inspiration of Scripture / Fulfillment of Prophecy | 1:16 | High | Peter’s citation of Scripture concerning Judas must read as God-breathed textual authority, not devotional-text authority akin to the Assamese Bhagavata’s near-canonical Namghar status. | Human theologian |
| Apostolic Authority and Miracles (apostleship, background) | 1:2, 1:21-26 | High | Choosing Matthias as apostolic replacement must not be rendered with guru-successor (Satradhikar) framing. | Human theologian |
Acts 2 — Pentecost and Peter’s Sermon (Core Passage)
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Holy Spirit and Pentecost | 2:1-4, 2:17-18, 2:33, 2:38 | Critical | Direct collision risk with deodhani spirit-possession trance at Kamakhya and other shrines and with impersonal shakti-energy diffusion; Spirit-filling here produces coherent, intelligible, Christ-centered proclamation by a personal God’s own act. | Human theologian |
| Tongues as Intelligible Human Languages | 2:4, 2:6, 2:8, 2:11 | High | Must be real known human languages, not ecstatic unintelligible utterance; guard against conflation with folk-oracular trance speech or the mockers’ “drunk” misreading (2:13-15). | Native speaker review |
| Spirit-Empowerment for Witness | 2:4 (background to 1:8) | High | Empowerment for bold proclamation, not siddhi attained through yogic/tantric austerity. | Human theologian |
| Messianic Promise | 2:30-36 | Critical | Peter’s argument from David’s tomb to the risen Messiah must not be assimilated to Sankardev’s founding-reformer status or Krishna-as-avatar. | Human theologian |
| Davidic Covenant | 2:25-31 | High | Requires explicit OT royal-lineage background; no analogous concept exists in Ekasarana or wider Assamese Vaishnavite tradition. | Human theologian |
| Resurrection of Christ | 2:24-32 | Critical | পুনৰুত্থান only, never পুনৰ্জন্ম; bodily, historical, once-for-all. | Human theologian |
| Lordship of Christ | 2:21, 2:36 | Critical | Exclusive, supreme Lordship; “Jesus is Lord” language must not be diluted to one honorific among many addressed to deities/gurus. | Human theologian |
| Repentance and Baptism | 2:38 | Critical | মন-পালটন never প্ৰায়শ্চিত্ত (karma-expiation) or তপস্যা (merit austerity); বাপ্তিস্ম is a single, unrepeatable identification with Christ, not a repeatable purificatory dip (Brahmaputra, Kamakhya, Bihu bathing). | Human theologian |
| Forgiveness of Sins | 2:38 | High | Legal pardon from a personal God, not karma-erasure through merit or pilgrimage. | Human theologian |
| Gift of the Holy Spirit | 2:38 | High | Freely given; anchor with পবিত্ৰ আত্মাৰ দান, not a বৰ exchanged for devotion. | Human theologian |
| Universal Scope of the Gospel | 2:5-11, 2:17, 2:21, 2:39 | High | ”Whoever calls” must retain full unqualified universality across Assam’s multi-ethnic, caste-stratified setting. | Human theologian |
| Church as God’s People | 2:41, 2:47 | Medium | ”Added to their number” names visible incorporation into community, not private belief alone, and not a Namghar/Satra-style ritual institution. | Native speaker review |
| The Church as Community | 2:42-47 | Medium | Breaking of bread and shared possessions are voluntary Spirit-led generosity, not political “communism” framing nor Satra compulsory communal-vow framing. | Native speaker review |
| Christian Fellowship | 2:42 | Low | Standard vocabulary; minor risk only. | Automated review |
Acts 3 — Healing at the Temple, Peter’s Second Sermon
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apostolic Authority and Miracles | 3:1-10 | High | The healing is God’s own attesting act through the apostle, not siddhi or ওজা-craft. | Human theologian |
| Signs and Wonders | 3:1-10 (implicit) | Medium | Distinguish from tantra-mantra occult display. | Native speaker review |
| Messianic Promise | 3:18-24 | Critical | ”Christ” here names the specific OT-promised Anointed One, not a devotional teacher figure. | Human theologian |
| Repentance and Baptism / Forgiveness of Sins | 3:19 | Critical / High | ”That your sins may be wiped away” must read as legal pardon, not karma-erasure. | Human theologian |
| Inspiration of Scripture and Fulfillment of Prophecy | 3:22-25 | High | Moses/prophets citation; linear historical fulfillment, not cyclical dharma-restoration pattern. | Human theologian |
Acts 4 — Peter and John before the Council; Believers’ Prayer
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persecution and Bold Witness | 4:1-31 | High | Boldness under threat must read as Spirit-empowered joy, not stoic endurance or karma-based fatalistic acceptance of suffering. | Human theologian |
| Grace versus Merit | 4:33 | Critical | অনুগ্ৰহ contrasted implicitly with any merit-transaction; reinforce apart-from-human-merit sense. | Human theologian |
| Apostolic Authority and Miracles | 4:33 | High | ”Great power” attending apostolic testimony is God’s attesting act. | Human theologian |
| The Church as Community | 4:32-35 | Medium | Shared possessions as voluntary Spirit-led generosity, not compelled communal vow. | Native speaker review |
| Providence and Divine Sovereignty | 4:28 | High | God’s determined plan concerning the crucifixion; must not flatten into impersonal fate/karma that erases the moral responsibility named in the same verse. | Human theologian |
Acts 5 — Ananias and Sapphira; Apostles Persecuted
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persecution and Bold Witness | 5:17-42 | High | Rejoicing to suffer for the Name (5:41) must retain the joy-under-persecution sense, not passive fatalism. | Human theologian |
| Apostolic Authority and Miracles | 5:12 | High | Signs and wonders as divine attestation of the apostolic message. | Human theologian |
| Church as God’s People | 5:11 | Medium | মণ্ডলী (church) here; never নামঘৰ. | Native speaker review |
| Sin (baseline reused term, contextual) | 5:1-11 | High (per baseline “sin” entry) | Ananias/Sapphira’s sin against the Holy Spirit must be moral transgression before a personal God, not ritual impurity or impersonal karmic consequence; no new doctrine entry required beyond baseline “sin.” | Human theologian |
Acts 6 — Choosing of the Seven; Rise of Opposition
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church as God’s People (deacon/service office) | 6:1-6 | Medium | Deacon (পৰিচাৰক) names a distinct office of practical service, not Satradhikar-style institutional hierarchy. | Native speaker review |
| Reviewed — no additional Critical/High doctrine | 6:7-15 (Stephen’s arrest sets up ch. 7) | — | Chapter reviewed in full; narrative bridge to Stephen’s martyrdom in ch. 7; no new terms beyond glossary office vocabulary (deacon, elder — see Core Glossary §Church as Community). | Native speaker review |
Acts 7 — Stephen’s Speech and Martyrdom
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martyrdom | 7:54-60 | High | Describe plainly as প্ৰাণ দি সাক্ষ্য দিয়া; never শহীদ (loaded Islamic martyrdom term, given Assam’s Muslim population). | Human theologian |
| Inspiration of Scripture and Fulfillment of Prophecy | 7:37-53 | High | Stephen’s historical retelling of Moses/prophets as linear OT fulfillment. | Human theologian |
| Sonship of Christ and the Son of Man Title | 7:56 | Critical | ”Son of Man” (মানুহৰ পুত্ৰ) is the Danielic divine-authority title; must not be flattened to “a mere human” nor conflated with a periodically-descending avatar. | Human theologian |
| Idolatry and the Living God | 7:41 (golden calf) | Critical | মূৰ্তি polemic must remain targeted at the specific historical idol referenced, not generalized into a blanket slur against Hindu neighbors. | Human theologian |
Acts 8 — Persecution Scatters the Church; Philip; Simon Magus; Ethiopian Official
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Commission Fulfilled | 8:1, 8:4 | High | Scattering that advances the gospel; avoid triumphalist/colonial tone. | Native speaker review |
| The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles (Samaritan mission) | 8:4-25 | High | Gospel crossing an ethnic-religious boundary (Samaritans); no ethnic/tribal barrier. | Human theologian |
| Occult Confrontation and Spiritual Authority | 8:9-24 | High | Simon Magus’s sorcery must be rendered with মায়াবী/যাদুকৰ, distinguished from Assam’s rural ওজা folk-healer/exorcist practice; an illegitimate power subordinate to Christ, not one valid spiritual technology among several. | Human theologian |
| Gift of the Holy Spirit | 8:18-20 | High | Simon’s attempt to buy the Spirit’s power directly illustrates that the gift is never purchasable, reinforcing grace/merit contrast. | Human theologian |
| Repentance and Baptism | 8:36-38 | Critical | Ethiopian official’s baptism: a single, unrepeatable faith-identification act. | Human theologian |
Acts 9 — Saul’s Conversion; Peter’s Ministry (Tabitha, Aeneas)
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conversion of Paul | 9:1-19 | Critical | A real, historical, once-for-all divine confrontation and commissioning; must not read as a gradual guru-guided awakening or karmic reversal tied to reincarnation. | Human theologian |
| Divine Election and Calling | 9:15 | High | ”Chosen instrument” (মনোনীত পাত্ৰ) is God’s sovereign personal choice, not karma-determined destiny or impersonal fate. | Human theologian |
| Repentance and Baptism | 9:18 | Critical | Saul’s baptism following restored sight; unrepeatable identification act. | Human theologian |
| Church as God’s People | 9:31 | Medium | The church “multiplied” — a new covenant community, not ritual institution. | Native speaker review |
| Sanctification and Holiness | 9:13 (“saints”) | High | পবিত্ৰ লোক for “saints” (Ananias’s objection to going to Saul); corporate holy-ones designation, not an ascetic elite. | Human theologian |
Acts 10–11 — Cornelius; Peter’s Vision; Gentile Inclusion; Antioch
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles | 10:1-48, 11:1-18 | High | The gospel offered without ethnic/tribal/caste barrier; must not be softened into one devotional marga among several. | Human theologian |
| Unity of Jews and Gentiles | 10:15, 10:28, 10:34, 11:18 | High | Confronts caste-linked purity hierarchy directly; the text’s specific target (Jew-Gentile boundary) must not be flattened into a generic dismissal of all purity categories. | Human theologian |
| Table Fellowship and Ceremonial Law | 10:9-16, 10:28, 11:2-3, 11:12 | High | OT ceremonial food law reinterpreted; risk of collision with Assamese caste-based commensality rules if the passage’s specific historical target is unclear. | Human theologian |
| Gift of the Holy Spirit | 10:44-45, 11:17 | High | Spirit given to Gentiles exactly as to Jews — freely, without merit or ritual prerequisite. | Human theologian |
| Lordship of Christ / Deity of Christ | 10:36 | Critical | ”Lord of all” — exclusive supreme Lordship extended explicitly to all peoples. | Human theologian |
| Mutual Edification and Encouragement | 11:23 | Low | Barnabas encourages the Antioch believers; standard vocabulary. | Automated review |
Acts 12 — Peter’s Imprisonment and Escape; Death of James and Herod
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persecution and Bold Witness | 12:1-19 | High | Church’s prayer under persecution; God’s deliverance as personal act, not fortune. | Human theologian |
| Martyrdom | 12:2 (James) | High | Plain descriptive rendering, not শহীদ. | Human theologian |
Acts 13–14 — First Missionary Journey; Antioch, Cyprus, Iconium, Lystra
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Separation unto God’s Service | 13:2-3 | High | Setting apart Barnabas and Saul for active sending, not Satra-style monastic withdrawal. | Human theologian |
| Messianic Promise / Sonship of Christ | 13:33 | Critical | Psalm citation applied to the risen Christ’s unique Sonship. | Human theologian |
| Davidic Covenant | 13:22-23, 13:34-36 | High | Explicit OT royal-lineage background required. | Human theologian |
| Justification apart from the Law | 13:38-39 | Critical | Acts’ clearest justification statement; must use the full baseline phrase ধাৰ্মিক বুলি গণ্য কৰা, never shortened to mere forgiveness or law-completion. | Human theologian |
| Grace versus Merit | 14:3 | Critical | The Lord’s grace attesting the apostles’ message, unmerited. | Human theologian |
| Signs and Wonders | 14:3 | Medium | Attestation of grace-message, not occult display. | Native speaker review |
| Idolatry and the Living God | 14:15 | Critical | Paul and Barnabas refuse worship at Lystra (“we bring you good news to turn from these worthless things to the living God”) — মূৰ্তি polemic must remain precise and non-generalized. | Human theologian |
Acts 15 — Jerusalem Council
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circumcision and the Gentiles | 15:1-29 | High | Never সুন্নত (Islamic term); a specific Mosaic covenant-sign debate resolved by grace. | Human theologian |
| Justification apart from the Law / Grace versus Merit | 15:10-11 | Critical | ”Saved through grace” (অনুগ্ৰহৰ যোগেদি পৰিত্ৰাণ) — Jerusalem Council’s central affirmation; must retain full contrast with law-yoke. | Human theologian |
| Davidic Covenant | 15:16 | High | James’s citation of the Davidic restoration promise applied to Gentile inclusion. | Human theologian |
| Unity of Jews and Gentiles | 15:1-29 | High | Council resolution preserving one fellowship without erasing the text’s specific historical target. | Human theologian |
| Mutual Edification and Encouragement | 15:32 | Low | Judas and Silas encourage the Antioch believers. | Automated review |
Acts 16 — Lydia, Philippian Jailer, Paul and Silas Imprisoned
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occult Confrontation and Spiritual Authority | 16:16-18 | High | ”Spirit of divination” (গণক আত্মা / πύθωνα) collides with Assamese folk-medium/oracle traditions; an illegitimate power expelled by Christ’s authority. | Human theologian |
| Persecution and Bold Witness | 16:19-24 | High | Beating and imprisonment met with joy/prayer, not fatalism. | Human theologian |
| Repentance and Baptism | 16:30-33 | Critical | Jailer’s household baptism — single, unrepeatable act. | Human theologian |
| Lordship of Christ | 16:31 | Critical | ”Believe in the Lord Jesus” — exclusive salvation confession. | Human theologian |
Acts 17 — Thessalonica, Berea, Athens (Areopagus)
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idolatry and the Living God | 17:16, 17:22-31 | Critical | ”Unknown god” (নজনা ঈশ্বৰ) is a rhetorical bridge-term; the surrounding polemic against idols (মূৰ্তি) must stay precisely targeted, not a blanket dismissal of Hindu devotional practice generally. | Human theologian |
| Providence and Divine Sovereignty | 17:26 | High | God’s determination of times and boundaries of nations — personal purposive governance, not impersonal fate. | Human theologian |
| Resurrection of Christ | 17:31-32 | Critical | Areopagus proclamation of bodily resurrection provokes mockery — must remain পুনৰুত্থান, not softened toward a philosophically safer “spiritual” resurrection. | Human theologian |
| Messianic Promise | 17:2-3 | Critical | Paul in Berea reasoning from Scripture that Jesus is the Christ. | Human theologian |
Acts 18 — Corinth; Aquila and Priscilla; Apollos
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Messianic Promise | 18:5, 18:28 | Critical | Paul/Apollos proving from Scripture that Jesus is the Christ. | Human theologian |
| Grace versus Merit | 18:27 | Critical | Apollos helped “through grace” — believers strengthened by unmerited favor, not achievement. | Human theologian |
Acts 19 — Ephesus: Tongues, Sons of Sceva, Riot
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Spirit and Pentecost / Tongues | 19:1-6 | Critical / High | Ephesian disciples receive the Spirit with tongues and prophecy upon Paul’s laying on of hands; same distinctions from trance-possession apply. | Human theologian |
| Occult Confrontation and Spiritual Authority | 19:13-19 | High | Sons of Sceva’s failed exorcism-for-hire exposes illegitimate occult power subordinate to Christ’s name; distinguish from ওজা/tantra-mantra practice framed as valid technology. | Human theologian |
| Idolatry and the Living God | 19:23-41 | Critical | Riot over Artemis/Diana worship; মূৰ্তি polemic again requires precise, non-generalized targeting. | Human theologian |
Acts 20 — Paul’s Farewell at Troas and to the Ephesian Elders
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace versus Merit | 20:24, 20:32 | Critical | ”Word of his grace” able to build up and give the inheritance — unmerited, not achieved. | Human theologian |
| Separation unto God’s Service | 20:28 | High | Elders as overseers/shepherds set apart for active pastoral care, not institutional guru-authority. | Human theologian |
| Sanctification and Holiness | 20:32 | High | ”Inheritance among all who are sanctified” — Spirit’s ongoing holiness-work, not ritual purification. | Human theologian |
| Kingdom Mission | 20:25 | Medium | Proclaiming the kingdom — not a political/territorial claim. | Native speaker review |
| Mutual Edification and Encouragement | 20:1-2 | Low | Standard vocabulary. | Automated review |
Acts 21 — Paul’s Return to Jerusalem, Warnings, Temple Vow
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circumcision and the Gentiles | 21:21 | High | Rumor that Paul teaches against circumcising children — same Mosaic covenant-sign sensitivity as ch. 15; never সুন্নত. | Human theologian |
| Reviewed — remainder of chapter | 21:1-16, 21:27-40 | — | Travel narrative and arrest; no additional Critical/High doctrinal terms beyond those already logged; reviewed in full. | Native speaker review |
Acts 22 — Paul’s Defense before the Crowd
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conversion of Paul | 22:3-16 | Critical | Paul’s own retelling; same historical, once-for-all confrontation, not gradual guru-guided awakening. | Human theologian |
| Divine Election and Calling | 22:14, 22:21 | High | Sent explicitly to the Gentiles — sovereign personal commissioning, not fate. | Human theologian |
Acts 23 — Paul before the Sanhedrin; Plot against Paul
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resurrection of Christ | 23:6-8 | Critical | Sadducee/Pharisee debate over resurrection, angels, and spirits is especially exposed to a rebirth-cycle misreading if পুনৰুত্থান is not carefully distinguished from পুনৰ্জন্ম and from ancestral-spirit categories. | Human theologian |
Acts 24 — Paul before Felix
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Righteousness (baseline reused term) | 24:25 | Critical | ধাৰ্মিকতা, never ধৰ্ম; Paul reasoning about righteousness, self-control, and judgment before Felix. | Human theologian |
| Resurrection of Christ | 24:15, 24:21 | Critical | Paul’s hope in the resurrection restated before Felix. | Human theologian |
Acts 25–26 — Paul before Festus and Agrippa
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conversion of Paul | 26:9-18 | Critical | Fullest retelling of the Damascus-road encounter; same cautions as ch. 9/22. | Human theologian |
| Divine Election and Calling | 26:16-18 | High | Commissioning language reiterated before Agrippa. | Human theologian |
| Sanctification and Holiness | 26:18 | High | ”Sanctified by faith in me” — Spirit’s holiness-work through faith in Christ, not ascetic self-discipline. | Human theologian |
| Resurrection of Christ | 26:23 | Critical | Christ as “the first to rise from the dead” — bodily, historical, unique. | Human theologian |
| Messianic Promise | 26:22-23 | Critical | Paul’s appeal to Moses and the prophets concerning the Christ. | Human theologian |
Acts 27 — Storm and Shipwreck
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence and Divine Sovereignty | 27:22-25 | High | Paul’s assurance from the angel of God amid the storm — personal, purposive governance, not fate or omen-reading. | Human theologian |
| Thanksgiving | 27:35 | Low | Paul gives thanks before eating; standard vocabulary. | Automated review |
Acts 28 — Malta, Arrival in Rome, Unhindered Proclamation
| Doctrine | Supporting Passages | Risk | Translation Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Commission Fulfilled | 28:23, 28:28, 28:31 | High | Closing triumphant note: gospel’s advance “without hindrance” (কোনো বাধা নোহোৱাকৈ); avoid triumphalist/colonial overtones per baseline mission guidance. | Native speaker review |
| The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles | 28:28 | High | ”This salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles” — closing statement of the book’s central movement. | Human theologian |
| Inspiration of Scripture and Fulfillment of Prophecy | 28:23, 28:25-27 | High | Paul’s final appeal to the Law and the Prophets in Rome. | Human theologian |
| Kingdom Mission | 28:23, 28:31 | Medium | Proclaiming the kingdom of God boldly and without hindrance. | Native speaker review |
| Thanksgiving | 28:15 | Low | Paul thanks God at the sight of fellow believers. | Automated review |
Doctrine Summary Table (Cross-Check against doctrine_risk_registry.json)
| Doctrine | Risk | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|
| The Holy Spirit and Pentecost | Critical | Human theologian |
| Tongues as Intelligible Human Languages | High | Native speaker review |
| Spirit-Empowerment for Witness | High | Human theologian |
| The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles | High | Human theologian |
| Universal Scope of the Gospel | High | Human theologian |
| Unity of Jews and Gentiles | High | Human theologian |
| Table Fellowship and Ceremonial Law | High | Human theologian |
| Repentance and Baptism | Critical | Human theologian |
| Forgiveness of Sins | High | Human theologian |
| Gift of the Holy Spirit | High | Human theologian |
| The Church as Community | Medium | Native speaker review |
| Church as God’s People | Medium | Native speaker review |
| Apostolic Authority and Miracles | High | Human theologian |
| Signs and Wonders | Medium | Native speaker review |
| Occult Confrontation and Spiritual Authority | High | Human theologian |
| Persecution and Bold Witness | High | Human theologian |
| Martyrdom | High | Human theologian |
| Conversion of Paul | Critical | Human theologian |
| Divine Election and Calling | High | Human theologian |
| Justification apart from the Law | Critical | Human theologian |
| Circumcision and the Gentiles | High | Human theologian |
| Grace versus Merit | Critical | Human theologian |
| The Great Commission Fulfilled | High | Native speaker review |
| Ascension of Christ | Critical | Human theologian |
| Lordship of Christ | Critical | Human theologian |
| Deity of Christ | Critical | Human theologian |
| Sonship of Christ and the Son of Man Title | Critical | Human theologian |
| Resurrection of Christ | Critical | Human theologian |
| Messianic Promise | Critical | Human theologian |
| Davidic Covenant | High | Human theologian |
| Inspiration of Scripture and Fulfillment of Prophecy | High | Human theologian |
| Providence and Divine Sovereignty | High | Human theologian |
| Idolatry and the Living God | Critical | Human theologian |
| Sanctification and Holiness | High | Human theologian |
| Separation unto God’s Service | High | Human theologian |
| Kingdom Mission | Medium | Native speaker review |
| Thanksgiving | Low | Automated review |
| Christian Fellowship | Low | Automated review |
| Mutual Edification and Encouragement | Low | Automated review |
Totals (matches doctrine_risk_registry.json risk_summary): Critical 12 · High 20 · Medium 4 · Low 3 · Theologian review required: 31 doctrines · Native speaker review: 5 doctrines · Automated only: 3 doctrines.
Full-Book Coverage Confirmation
Every chapter of Acts (1–28) has been reviewed above. Chapters contributing no new Critical/High doctrinal content beyond what is logged elsewhere (Acts 6 remainder, Acts 21 travel/arrest narrative) are explicitly marked “Reviewed” rather than omitted, per the full-book coverage mandate.
Critical Risk Doctrines
The Holy Spirit and Pentecost
Assamese name: পবিত্ৰ আত্মা আৰু পেন্তিকোষ্ট
Key terms: holy spirit, pentecost, filled with the holy spirit, tongues, poured out
Review routing: Human theologian
Direct collision risk with Assamese Shakta deodhani spirit-possession trance practice at Kamakhya and other shrines, where mediums are believed to become possessed and act involuntarily, and with an impersonal shakti-energy diffusion concept. Spirit-filling in Acts produces coherent, intelligible, Christ-centered proclamation by a personal God’s own act, not trance loss of self-control or dispersal of an impersonal force.
Repentance and Baptism
Assamese name: মন-পালটন আৰু বাপ্তিস্ম
Key terms: repent, baptize, forgiveness of sins
Review routing: Human theologian
Repentance must never render as প্ৰায়শ্চিত্ত (Hindu ritual expiation of accumulated karma) or তপস্যা (merit-earning ascetic austerity). Baptism must never be read as a repeatable purification bath (Brahmaputra holy dips, Kamakhya purification rites, Bihu ritual bathing) but as a single, unrepeatable act of faith-identification with Christ’s death and resurrection.
Conversion of Paul
Assamese name: পৌলৰ পৰিবৰ্তন
Key terms: the way, light from heaven, scales fell, chosen instrument
Review routing: Human theologian
A real, historical, once-for-all divine confrontation and commissioning; must not be read as a gradual guru-guided spiritual awakening or a karmic reversal tied to reincarnation.
Justification apart from the Law
Assamese name: বিধানৰ বাহিৰত ধাৰ্মিক বুলি গণ্য কৰা
Key terms: justified, freed from the law, saved through grace
Review routing: Human theologian
Acts’ clearest justification statement; must use the full baseline compound phrase ধাৰ্মিক বুলি গণ্য কৰা, never shortened to mere forgiveness or works-completion under Mosaic law.
Grace versus Merit
Assamese name: মেৰিটৰ বিপৰীতে অনুগ্ৰহ
Key terms: grace, saved through grace, gift
Review routing: Human theologian
Unmerited favor directly contradicts both a karma-merit worldview and the boon-for-devotion (বৰ) transaction of Puranic narrative; Acts 15:11’s Jerusalem Council statement is the book’s clearest grace-apart-from-law affirmation.
Ascension of Christ
Assamese name: খ্ৰীষ্টৰ স্বৰ্গাৰোহণ
Key terms: taken up, received into heaven, will come again
Review routing: Human theologian
A unique, historical, bodily, permanent exaltation with a promised bodily return; must not be presented as analogous to a deity’s periodic mythic return to a celestial abode after a temporary avatar-episode, echoing the baseline’s incarnation caution.
Lordship of Christ
Assamese name: খ্ৰীষ্টৰ প্ৰভুত্ব
Key terms: lord, jesus is lord, lord of all
Review routing: Human theologian
Exclusive, supreme Lordship, reused from the baseline; must not be reduced to one venerated honorific among the many addressed to deities and gurus in Assamese devotional speech.
Deity of Christ
Assamese name: খ্ৰীষ্টৰ ঈশ্বৰত্ব
Key terms: son of god, god and christ, worship
Review routing: Human theologian
Co-equal divine nature reused from the baseline; must not be softened to divine promotion, guru-elevation, or a highly realized devotee.
Sonship of Christ and the Son of Man Title
Assamese name: খ্ৰীষ্টৰ পুত্ৰত্ব আৰু মানুহৰ পুত্ৰ পদবী
Key terms: son of god, son of man
Review routing: Human theologian
The Danielic ‘Son of Man’ title of divine authority (Acts 7:56) must not be flattened to mean merely ‘a human being,’ nor conflated with a periodically-descending avatar-being.
Resurrection of Christ
Assamese name: খ্ৰীষ্টৰ পুনৰুত্থান
Key terms: raised, resurrection, from the dead
Review routing: Human theologian
Bodily, once-for-all resurrection; পুনৰুত্থান, never পুনৰ্জন্ম. Especially exposed at Acts 23:6-8, where the Sadducee/Pharisee debate over resurrection, angels, and spirits could be misread through a rebirth-cycle lens if not carefully rendered.
Messianic Promise
Assamese name: মচীহাৰ প্ৰতিজ্ঞা
Key terms: messiah, christ, anointed
Review routing: Human theologian
Fulfilled exclusively in Jesus; must not be assimilated to Sankardev’s founding-reformer status within Ekasarana Dharma nor to Krishna as an avatar of Vishnu.
Idolatry and the Living God
Assamese name: মূৰ্তিপূজা আৰু জীৱন্ত ঈশ্বৰ
Key terms: idols, living god, unknown god
Review routing: Human theologian
মূৰ্তি is the same word used for sacred images in Hindu temple worship; the polemic against lifeless idols must remain theologically precise and targeted at the source text’s actual referents, never generalized into a blanket slur against Hindu neighbors.
High Risk Doctrines
Tongues as Intelligible Human Languages
Assamese name: অন্য ভাষাত কথা কোৱাৰ চিন
Key terms: tongues, other languages, dialect
Review routing: Native speaker review
Must be rendered as real known human languages, not unintelligible ecstatic utterance; risks conflation with folk-oracular trance speech (ওজা/deodhani traditions) or with the mockers’ own drunkenness misreading in Acts 2:13-15.
Spirit-Empowerment for Witness
Assamese name: সাক্ষ্যৰ বাবে আত্মিক শক্তি
Key terms: power, filled with the spirit, boldness
Review routing: Human theologian
Extends baseline ঈশ্বৰৰ শক্তি beyond Romans’ salvation-specific sense to empowerment for bold gospel witness; must not read as siddhi (supernatural power attained through yogic/tantric austerity) or a boon granted for devotion.
The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles
Assamese name: যিহুদী আৰু অনযাতিলৈ সুসমাচাৰ
Key terms: gospel, gentiles, jew, no distinction
Review routing: Human theologian
The gospel is offered without ethnic, tribal, or caste barrier; must not be softened into one devotional path (marga) among several valid options in the Assamese religious landscape.
Universal Scope of the Gospel
Assamese name: সুসমাচাৰৰ সাৰ্বজনীন পৰিসৰ
Key terms: all nations, every tribe and tongue, whoever calls
Review routing: Human theologian
Reused/extended from the baseline; retains full force against softening in Assam’s multi-ethnic, caste-stratified social setting (Assamese-Hindu, tribal, Bengali-origin Muslim communities).
Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Assamese name: যিহুদী আৰু অনযাতিৰ ঐক্য
Key terms: no partiality, common/unclean, one fellowship
Review routing: Human theologian
Directly confronts caste-linked purity hierarchy (jaat-paat) still socially operative in Assamese life. The target of the text is specifically the Jew-Gentile boundary and must not be flattened into a generic dismissal of purity categories.
Table Fellowship and Ceremonial Law
Assamese name: খাদ্য-নিয়ম আৰু সহভোজনৰ স্বাধীনতা
Key terms: common, unclean, eat with gentiles
Review routing: Human theologian
OT ceremonial food law is reinterpreted to open Jew-Gentile table fellowship; risk of collision with caste-based commensality rules (who may eat with whom) still operative in Assamese social life, if the passage’s specific historical target is not made clear.
Forgiveness of Sins
Assamese name: পাপ ক্ষমা
Key terms: forgiveness, sins wiped away, blotted out
Review routing: Human theologian
A legal pardon granted once by a personal God on the basis of Christ’s finished work; must not be conflated with cumulative karma-balancing achieved through ritual, pilgrimage, or austerity.
Gift of the Holy Spirit
Assamese name: পবিত্ৰ আত্মাৰ দান
Key terms: gift, receive the spirit, poured out
Review routing: Human theologian
The Spirit’s presence is freely given, never purchasable (Simon Magus’s attempt, 8:18-20) nor a boon (বৰ) exchanged for devotion or austerity performed by the recipient.
Apostolic Authority and Miracles
Assamese name: প্ৰেৰিতসকলৰ কৰ্তৃত্ব আৰু আচৰিত কাৰ্য
Key terms: apostle, signs and wonders, mighty works
Review routing: Human theologian
Miracles are God’s own attesting acts performed through the apostles, not siddhi (attained yogic/tantric power) or occult ওজা-craft; God’s public certification of the apostolic message, not the apostles’ personal spiritual achievement.
Occult Confrontation and Spiritual Authority
Assamese name: মায়াবিদ্যা আৰু আত্মিক কৰ্তৃত্বৰ সংঘাত
Key terms: sorcery, magician, spirit of divination, satan
Review routing: Human theologian
Direct collision risk with Assam’s rural ওজা folk-healer/exorcist practice, tantra-mantra, and deodhani spirit-medium tradition; these occult powers are exposed in the text as illegitimate and subordinate to Christ’s authority, not one valid spiritual technology among several.
Persecution and Bold Witness
Assamese name: নিৰ্যাতন আৰু নিৰ্ভীক সাক্ষ্য
Key terms: persecution, boldness, witness, suffer for the name
Review routing: Human theologian
Bold proclamation under threat is modeled as joyful and Spirit-empowered, not stoic endurance or fatalistic resignation, a risk given karma-based acceptance-of-suffering frameworks present in Assamese Hindu thought.
Martyrdom
Assamese name: সাক্ষ্যৰ কাৰণে প্ৰাণদান
Key terms: stoning, witness unto death, first martyr
Review routing: Human theologian
Describe the concept plainly (প্ৰাণ দি সাক্ষ্য দিয়া) rather than importing শহীদ, the loaded Islamic martyrdom term prominent in Assam’s substantial Muslim community.
Divine Election and Calling
Assamese name: ঈশ্বৰৰ মনোনয়ন আৰু মতনি
Key terms: chosen instrument, called, set apart
Review routing: Human theologian
Reused/extended from the baseline: God’s sovereign, personal choice of specific individuals for specific mission, not karma-determined destiny or impersonal fate (ভাগ্য/কপাল).
Circumcision and the Gentiles
Assamese name: ত্বকচ্ছেদ আৰু অনযাতি বিশ্বাসীসকল
Key terms: circumcision, law of moses, yoke
Review routing: Human theologian
A specific Mosaic covenant-sign debate resolved by grace; must never render circumcision as সুন্নত, the Islamic term prominent given Assam’s Muslim population, which would wrongly assimilate this OT covenant debate to an unrelated religious practice.
The Great Commission Fulfilled
Assamese name: মহান আজ্ঞাৰ পূৰ্ণতা
Key terms: witnesses, to the end of the earth, unhindered
Review routing: Native speaker review
Programmatic mission-scope statement; avoid confrontational/colonial framing given 19th-century American Baptist Mission history among Assam’s tribal populations, per baseline mission guidance.
Davidic Covenant
Assamese name: দায়ূদীয় নিয়ম
Key terms: seed of david, throne of david, covenant
Review routing: Human theologian
Requires explicit OT background explanation; there is no analogous royal-lineage covenant concept in Ekasarana or wider Assamese Vaishnavite tradition.
Inspiration of Scripture and Fulfillment of Prophecy
Assamese name: শাস্ত্ৰৰ প্ৰেৰণা আৰু ভাববাণীৰ পূৰ্ণতা
Key terms: scripture, prophet, spoken through, fulfilled
Review routing: Human theologian
Linear historical fulfillment of God-breathed OT Scripture, distinguished from the near-canonical devotional authority of Sankardev’s Assamese Bhagavata in Namghar worship and from the cyclical avatar-descent pattern of dharma-restoration.
Providence and Divine Sovereignty
Assamese name: ঈশ্বৰৰ বিধান আৰু সাৰ্বভৌমত্ব
Key terms: determined plan, foreknowledge, appointed, all things
Review routing: Human theologian
God’s personal, purposive plan that still holds human agents morally responsible (Acts 2:23, the crucifixion); must not be flattened into impersonal fate (ভাগ্য) or karmic inevitability (কৰ্মফল) that would erase moral responsibility.
Sanctification and Holiness
Assamese name: পবিত্ৰীকৰণ আৰু পবিত্ৰতা
Key terms: sanctified, holy, set apart
Review routing: Human theologian
The Spirit’s ongoing work of making believers holy through faith in Christ (26:18), not ritual purification rites (সংস্কাৰ) or ascetic self-discipline practiced by Satra bhakats.
Separation unto God’s Service
Assamese name: ঈশ্বৰৰ সেৱাৰ বাবে পৃথক কৰা
Key terms: set apart, sent, sanctified for ministry
Review routing: Human theologian
Setting apart for active missionary sending (13:2-3), not withdrawal into Satra-style monastic renunciation by celibate bhakats who withdraw from ordinary life.
Medium Risk Doctrines
The Church as Community
Assamese name: সমাজ স্বৰূপে মণ্ডলী
Key terms: fellowship, breaking of bread, all things common
Review routing: Native speaker review
Voluntary, Spirit-motivated sharing; must avoid both a political ‘communism’ framing (loaded in Assam’s regional political history) and conflation with the Satra institution’s compulsory communal-property vows for celibate bhakats.
Church as God’s People
Assamese name: ঈশ্বৰৰ প্ৰজা স্বৰূপে মণ্ডলী
Key terms: church, added to their number, body
Review routing: Native speaker review
Reused/extended from the baseline: a new covenant community entered by faith-response, not a ritual institution modeled on the Namghar/Satra structure.
Signs and Wonders
Assamese name: চিন আৰু আচৰিত কাৰ্য
Key terms: signs, wonders, mighty works
Review routing: Native speaker review
Divine attestation of the gospel message, distinct from tantra-mantra occult display or a guru’s demonstrated siddhi.
Kingdom Mission
Assamese name: ৰাজ্যৰ মিছন
Key terms: kingdom of god, proclaim, without hindrance
Review routing: Native speaker review
God’s reign advancing through gospel proclamation, not a political or territorial kingdom — a sensitive association given Assam’s regional political history (the historic Ahom kingdom, contested sovereignty).
Low Risk Doctrines
Thanksgiving
Assamese name: ধন্যবাদ
Key terms: thanksgiving, give thanks, grateful
Review routing: Automated review
Standard term; minor risk of over-ritualization only.
Christian Fellowship
Assamese name: খ্ৰীষ্টীয় সহভাগিতা
Key terms: fellowship, share, gathered together
Review routing: Automated review
Shared participation in Christ and with other believers, not merely social association or Satra-community membership.
Mutual Edification and Encouragement
Assamese name: পাৰস্পৰিক উন্নতি আৰু উৎসাহ
Key terms: encourage, strengthen, build up
Review routing: Automated review
Building one another up in faith; no significant doctrinal risk.
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