Doctrine Analysis
Doctrine Analysis
This Language Package’s doctrine_risk_registry.json tracks 40 doctrines across Romans 1–16, each assigned a risk tier that drives Phase 2 review routing.
Risk tier summary
| Tier | Count | Review routing | Example doctrines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critical | 7 | Human theologian, every occurrence | Salvation, Incarnation, Deity of Christ, Sonship of Christ, Resurrection of Christ, Lordship of Christ, Messianic Promise |
| High | 23 | Human theologian | Gospel, Divine Calling, Grace, Faith, Sanctification, Universal Scope of the Gospel, Unity of Jews and Gentiles |
| Medium | 7 | Native speaker review | Apostleship, Prayer and Intercession, Spiritual Gifts, Mission to the Nations, Evangelism |
| Low | 3 | Automated review only | Thanksgiving, Mutual Edification, Christian Fellowship |
Why Critical doctrines cluster where they do
Six of the seven Critical-risk doctrines share one property distinctive to the Assamese context: each has a ready-made, fluent-sounding word drawn not from a vague “Hindu background” but specifically from the Ekasarana Dharma tradition’s own worked-out monotheistic-bhakti theology, in which a supreme God (Krishna as Vishnu’s avatar) periodically takes bodily form and is approached through single-minded devotion. This is a harder translation problem than generic polytheism, because the wrong word doesn’t just sound religious — it sounds like exactly the kind of exclusive, personal devotion Romans is calling for, while smuggling in avatar-descent and karma-merit assumptions.
Review routing rationale
Critical and High risk doctrines (30 of 40) require mandatory human theologian review because an automated or native-speaker-only check could confirm the Assamese is fluent and even devotionally sincere-sounding without catching that it imports a contradictory theological framework. Native speaker review is sufficient for Medium-risk doctrines, where the concern is cultural fit and sensitivity (e.g. colonial/mission-era institutional connotations) rather than doctrinal contradiction.
Critical Risk Doctrines
Deity of Christ
Assamese name: খ্ৰীষ্টৰ ঈশ্বৰত্ব
Key terms: son of God, declared son, God over all
Review routing: Human theologian
CRITICAL: Co-equal divine nature, not divine promotion, guru-elevation, or a highly realized devotee. Must not be softened to ‘a divine teacher among others’.
Incarnation
Assamese name: দেহধাৰণ
Key terms: flesh, seed of David, son born, came in flesh
Review routing: Human theologian
CRITICAL: The eternal Son permanently assuming human nature, once. Never অৱতাৰ — this is the highest-stakes term in the whole registry because Ekasarana Dharma’s own theology is built around Krishna as Vishnu’s supreme avatar descending periodically to restore dharma; a translator or reader can mistake দেহধাৰণ for another instance of that same avatar pattern unless the uniqueness and permanence are stated explicitly every time.
Lordship of Christ
Assamese name: খ্ৰীষ্টৰ প্ৰভুত্ব
Key terms: lord, lord jesus, jesus is lord
Review routing: Human theologian
CRITICAL: Romans 10:9 — ‘Jesus is Lord’ is the salvation confession. Exclusive, supreme Lordship, not one venerated figure among the many deities and gurus addressed with honorific titles in Assamese devotional speech.
Messianic Promise
Assamese name: মচীহাৰ প্ৰতিজ্ঞা
Key terms: messiah, christ, anointed, promised
Review routing: Human theologian
CRITICAL: Messiah is a specific Jewish Old Testament concept fulfilled exclusively in Jesus. Must not be assimilated to Sankardev’s own status within Ekasarana Dharma as the singular reformer/reincarnation-adjacent founding figure of the tradition, nor to Krishna as one of Vishnu’s avatars.
Resurrection of Christ
Assamese name: খ্ৰীষ্টৰ পুনৰুত্থান
Key terms: raised, resurrection, from the dead, raised from death
Review routing: Human theologian
CRITICAL: Bodily, once-for-all resurrection. পুনৰুত্থান, never পুনৰ্জন্ম. Always distinguish from rebirth into the সংসাৰ cycle in translator notes.
Salvation
Assamese name: পৰিত্ৰাণ
Key terms: salvation, saved, save, deliverance
Review routing: Human theologian
CRITICAL: Never মুক্তি or মোক্ষ. Salvation is reconciliation with a personal God through Christ’s finished work, not release from the rebirth cycle sought through naam, bhakti, or Vedantic self-realization.
Sonship of Christ
Assamese name: খ্ৰীষ্টৰ পুত্ৰত্ব
Key terms: son of God, his son, God’s son
Review routing: Human theologian
CRITICAL: Eternal, unique Sonship, not metaphorical or adoptive sonship. The Son is eternal, not created or born within time as human devotees might be spoken of as ‘children’ of a chosen deity.
High Risk Doctrines
Adoption into God’s Family
Assamese name: ঈশ্বৰৰ পৰিয়ালত পোহাপুত্ৰ স্বৰূপে গ্ৰহণ
Key terms: adoption, spirit of adoption, sons, children of God, abba
Review routing: Human theologian
Full son-status with complete inheritance rights. Guard against any reading that treats adopted children as lower-status compared to natural-born children.
Assurance of Salvation
Assamese name: পৰিত্ৰাণৰ নিশ্চয়তা
Key terms: nothing can separate, who shall separate, no condemnation, more than conquerors
Review routing: Human theologian
Assurance based on God’s unchanging character, not karmic uncertainty about one’s accumulated merit or the outcome of one’s next rebirth.
Christian Identity in Christ
Assamese name: খ্ৰীষ্টত খ্ৰীষ্টীয় পৰিচয়
Key terms: in Christ, in Christ Jesus, united with Christ, dead to sin alive to God
Review routing: Human theologian
Identity located in union with Christ, not caste, tribe, or accumulated karmic-spiritual status.
Davidic Covenant
Assamese name: দায়ূদীয় নিয়ম
Key terms: seed of David, David, covenant
Review routing: Human theologian
Requires explicit Old Testament background explanation; there is no analogous royal-lineage covenant concept in Ekasarana or wider Assamese Vaishnavite tradition.
Divine Calling
Assamese name: ঈশ্বৰৰ মতনি
Key terms: called, calling
Review routing: Human theologian
God’s sovereign call must be distinguished from a devotee’s own initiative in taking naam (the Ekasarana practice of formally adopting devotion to the one deity) and from karma-determined destiny.
Effectual Calling
Assamese name: কাৰ্যকৰী মতনি
Key terms: called, calling, election, chosen
Review routing: Human theologian
God’s sovereign call that ensures the salvation of the called, not karma-determined destiny or impersonal fate.
Faith
Assamese name: বিশ্বাস
Key terms: faith, believe, belief, trust
Review routing: Human theologian
Personal trust in Christ specifically, not the devotional surrender (bhakti) practiced toward any chosen deity within the Ekasarana naam tradition.
Fulfillment of Prophecy
Assamese name: ভাববাণীৰ পূৰ্ণতা
Key terms: prophecy, promised, foretold, scriptures say
Review routing: Human theologian
Linear historical fulfillment (OT to NT), not the cyclical cosmic pattern in which a deity repeatedly descends age after age to restore dharma.
Gospel
Assamese name: সুসমাচাৰ
Key terms: gospel, good news
Review routing: Human theologian
Must be distinguished from ordinary good news or an Ekasarana Dharma naam-proclamation. The gospel is the unique, historical proclamation of salvation through Christ crucified and risen, not a devotional teaching among several valid paths.
Grace
Assamese name: অনুগ্ৰহ
Key terms: grace, unmerited, gift, given freely
Review routing: Human theologian
Unmerited favor directly contradicts both a karma-merit worldview and the boon-for-devotion transaction (বৰ) common in Puranic narrative. Must always reinforce ‘apart from human merit or devotion performed’.
Humanity of Christ
Assamese name: খ্ৰীষ্টৰ মানৱতা
Key terms: born of the seed of David, flesh, human
Review routing: Human theologian
Real, physical human nature, not a temporary appearance or illusory form as some Puranic avatar narratives describe a deity’s assumed body.
Inspiration of Scripture
Assamese name: শাস্ত্ৰৰ প্ৰেৰণা
Key terms: scriptures, holy scriptures, prophets
Review routing: Human theologian
Distinguish God-breathed Scripture from the Ekasarana tradition’s own foundational text, the Bhagavata Purana as rendered in Sankardev’s Assamese Bhagavata — itself treated with near-canonical devotional authority in Namghar worship. Biblical inspiration means God moved human authors to write exactly what he intended, a distinct claim from a revered devotional composition.
Obedience of Faith
Assamese name: বিশ্বাসৰ আজ্ঞাকাৰিতা
Key terms: obedience of faith, obedience, faith-produced obedience
Review routing: Human theologian
Obedience that flows from faith, not naam-dharma ritual observance or duty-based religious compliance that earns standing.
Peace with God
Assamese name: ঈশ্বৰৰ সৈতে শান্তি
Key terms: peace with God, peace, peace through justification
Review routing: Human theologian
Relational covenant peace through justification, not the meditative or devotional calm sought through naam-kirtan and japa.
Power of God for Salvation
Assamese name: পৰিত্ৰাণৰ বাবে ঈশ্বৰৰ শক্তি
Key terms: power of God, God’s power
Review routing: Human theologian
Always paired with ঈশ্বৰৰ (of God) to anchor to God’s own power, not an impersonal or personified cosmic force.
Providence
Assamese name: ঈশ্বৰৰ বিধান
Key terms: all things work together, God works, foreknew, predestined, called, justified, glorified
Review routing: Human theologian
God’s personal, purposive care, not impersonal karma-law or fate. Romans 8:28 is especially vulnerable to a karma-fatalism reading.
Sainthood (Called to be Holy)
Assamese name: পবিত্ৰ লোকৰ মতনি
Key terms: saints, holy ones, called to be holy
Review routing: Human theologian
All believers are saints; not an elite class of especially devoted bhaktas or ascetic Satra residents. সন্ত/ভক্ত implies a special achieved status; use পবিত্ৰ লোক.
Sanctification
Assamese name: পবিত্ৰীকৰণ
Key terms: sanctification, holiness, set apart, holy living
Review routing: Human theologian
The Spirit’s work of making believers holy, 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, separated, holy
Review routing: Human theologian
Must not be confused with the Satra tradition’s monastic renunciation (celibate bhakats who withdraw from ordinary life within a Satra institution). Biblical separation is devotion to God while remaining fully engaged in ordinary life and calling.
Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Assamese name: যিহুদী আৰু অনযাতিৰ ঐক্য
Key terms: Jew and Gentile, no distinction, one body, olive tree
Review routing: Human theologian
Directly challenges caste and ethnic spiritual hierarchy still present in Assamese Hindu social structure. Must translate with theological clarity, not soften the equalizing claim.
Universal Human Accountability
Assamese name: সাৰ্বজনীন মানৱীয় দায়বদ্ধতা
Key terms: all have sinned, no one is righteous, no distinction, all are accountable
Review routing: Human theologian
All humanity equally guilty before God undermines caste-based spiritual hierarchy. Retain universal language without softening.
Universal Scope of the Gospel
Assamese name: সুসমাচাৰৰ সাৰ্বজনীন পৰিসৰ
Key terms: everyone who believes, all who call, no distinction, Jew and Gentile
Review routing: Human theologian
No caste, tribal, or ethnic barrier to the gospel. This has particular force in Assam’s multi-ethnic setting (Assamese-Hindu, tribal, and Bengali-origin Muslim communities); retain unqualified universality.
Medium Risk Doctrines
Apostleship
Assamese name: প্ৰেৰিতত্ব
Key terms: apostle
Review routing: Native speaker review
Risk: reducing apostleship to a generic Satradhikar (guru-successor) or spiritual-teacher role within the Ekasarana institutional structure.
Christ-Centered Ministry
Assamese name: খ্ৰীষ্ট-কেন্দ্ৰিক সেৱকাই
Key terms: what Christ has accomplished through me, in Christ Jesus, minister of Christ
Review routing: Native speaker review
Ministry done in Christ’s name, by his power, for his glory, not humanitarian service divorced from the gospel or generic guru-style spiritual instruction.
Church as God’s People
Assamese name: ঈশ্বৰৰ প্ৰজা স্বৰূপে মণ্ডলী
Key terms: body of Christ, one body, church, saints, assembly
Review routing: Native speaker review
New covenant community, not a ritual institution modeled on the Namghar/Satra structure or a caste-segregated assembly.
Evangelism
Assamese name: সুসমাচাৰ প্ৰচাৰ
Key terms: preach, proclaim, evangelize, send, how will they hear
Review routing: Native speaker review
Culturally sensitive given Assam’s history of mission-era tension between Hindu-Assamese identity and Christianized tribal populations; use language of proclamation and witness, not confrontational framing.
Kingdom Mission
Assamese name: ৰাজ্যৰ মিছন
Key terms: kingdom of God, righteousness peace and joy, advance the kingdom
Review routing: Native speaker review
God’s reign advancing through the gospel, not a political or ethnic kingdom, a sensitive association in Assam’s regional political history.
Mission to the Nations
Assamese name: জাতিসমূহলৈ মিছন
Key terms: nations, gentiles, all peoples, to the ends of the earth
Review routing: Native speaker review
Cultural sensitivity: American Baptist Mission history among Assam’s tribal populations gives ‘mission’ loaded institutional connotations for a Hindu-Assamese audience. Prefer সুসমাচাৰ প্ৰচাৰ (gospel proclamation) where appropriate.
Prayer and Intercession
Assamese name: প্ৰাৰ্থনা আৰু মধ্যস্থতা
Key terms: prayer, intercession, pray, groan, spirit intercedes
Review routing: Native speaker review
Direct access to God in Christ’s name; distinguish from ritual worship (puja) directed at an image or from petitions channeled through a Satradhikar.
Spiritual Gifts
Assamese name: আত্মিক বৰ
Key terms: spiritual gift, gift, grace gift, measure of faith
Review routing: Native speaker review
Spirit-given enablements, not merit-earned boons (বৰ) granted for austerity or devotion.
Low Risk Doctrines
Christian Fellowship
Assamese name: খ্ৰীষ্টীয় সহভাগিতা
Key terms: fellowship, share, participate, community
Review routing: Automated review
Shared participation in Christ, not merely social association or Satra-community membership.
Mutual Edification
Assamese name: পাৰস্পৰিক উন্নতি
Key terms: build up, edify, encourage one another, strengthen
Review routing: Automated review
Building one another up in faith; no significant doctrinal risk.
Thanksgiving
Assamese name: ধন্যবাদ
Key terms: thanksgiving, give thanks, grateful, thank God
Review routing: Automated review
Standard term. Minor risk of over-ritualization.
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