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 | 6 | Human theologian, every occurrence | Salvation, Justification-adjacent Salvation doctrine, Deity/Sonship/Resurrection/Lordship of Christ, Messianic Promise |
| High | 13 | Human theologian | Gospel, Divine Calling, Grace, Faith, Sanctification, Sainthood, Assurance of Salvation, Universal Human Accountability |
| Medium | 17 | Native speaker review | Inspiration of Scripture, Adoption, Prayer and Intercession, Spiritual Gifts, Church as God’s People, Evangelism |
| Low | 4 | Automated review only | Apostleship, Thanksgiving, Mutual Edification, Christian Fellowship |
Why Critical doctrines cluster where they do
Czech has the smallest Critical-risk cluster of any Language Package in this batch (6, compared to 8-10 in most others), precisely because most doctrinal content here is not being actively distorted by a rival framework — it is simply unfamiliar. The doctrines that remain Critical are the ones where a specific dominant secular reading (Pán as “Mister,” ordinary excuse-making for ospravedlnění) or total conceptual vacancy (spasení as an archaism) poses a severe enough comprehension failure that the doctrine could be lost entirely rather than merely under-explained. The core Christological doctrines are Critical for the same universal reason shared across every Language Package: any mistranslation here would destroy essential, creedal Christian doctrine.
Review routing rationale
Critical and High risk doctrines (19 of 40) require mandatory human theologian review because an automated or native-speaker-only check could confirm the Czech is grammatically correct and even lexically traditional without catching that the intended meaning never actually reaches a reader with no prior framework for it. Native speaker review is sufficient for Medium-risk doctrines, where the concern is general clarity and register rather than a severe comprehension or doctrinal failure.
Critical Risk Doctrines
Deity of Christ
Czech name: božství Kristovo
Key terms: son of God, declared son, God over all
Review routing: Human theologian
CRITICAL: co-equal divine nature; must not be softened to ‘a great moral teacher,’ a common secular-humanist framing of Jesus in non-religious Czech culture.
Lordship of Christ
Czech name: Kristovo panství
Key terms: lord, lord jesus, jesus is lord
Review routing: Human theologian
CRITICAL: ‘Pán’ is also the ordinary word for ‘Mister/Sir’; capitalization alone is a fragile signal for the exclusive divine lordship Romans 10:9 claims, and the confession must be actively taught rather than assumed to register from word choice alone.
Messianic Promise
Czech name: mesiášské zaslíbení
Key terms: messiah, christ, anointed, promised
Review routing: Human theologian
CRITICAL: requires foundational explanation of the entire Old Testament messianic-expectation background, which cannot be assumed as prior knowledge.
Resurrection of Christ
Czech name: vzkříšení Kristovo
Key terms: raised, resurrection, from the dead, raised from death
Review routing: Human theologian
CRITICAL: bodily, historical, once-for-all resurrection. The term is recognized from Easter (Velikonoce), but its association has been substantially detached from doctrinal content by widespread secular folk-custom observance (pomlázka) rather than religious observance.
Salvation
Czech name: spasení
Key terms: salvation, saved, save, deliverance
Review routing: Human theologian
CRITICAL: the greatest single risk in this Language Package. ‘Spasení’ now registers to most readers as an archaic literary word without live conceptual content; must be explained narratively (from what, to what, by whom), not merely named.
Sonship of Christ
Czech name: synovství Kristovo
Key terms: son of God, his son, God’s son
Review routing: Human theologian
CRITICAL: eternal, unique Sonship, not the adoptive ‘děti Boží’ sense Romans 8 applies to believers; basic Trinitarian categories need brief accompanying explanation.
High Risk Doctrines
Assurance of Salvation
Czech name: jistota spasení
Key terms: nothing can separate, who shall separate, no condemnation, more than conquerors
Review routing: Human theologian
Assurance grounded in God’s unchanging character and Christ’s finished work; for a reader with no prior framework for salvation at all, this doctrine’s force depends entirely on Salvation and Justification having already been taught concretely, not merely asserted.
Christian Identity in Christ
Czech name: křesťanská identita v Kristu
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; unlike Poland’s Polak-katolik risk, most Czech readers will not bring an inherited religious-national identity to override this teaching, but they also will not bring any prior framework for religious identity at all, requiring the concept to be built from the ground up.
Divine Calling
Czech name: Boží povolání
Key terms: called, calling
Review routing: Human theologian
‘Povolání’ overwhelmingly means one’s job or profession in ordinary Czech; God’s sovereign call must be actively distinguished from this dominant secular-vocational sense.
Effectual Calling
Czech name: účinné povolání
Key terms: called, calling, election, chosen
Review routing: Human theologian
God’s sovereign call that ensures the salvation of the called; must be distinguished from the secular-vocational sense of ‘povolání’ and the competitive-selection sense of ‘vyvolení.‘
Faith
Czech name: víra
Key terms: faith, believe, belief, trust
Review routing: Human theologian
Personal trust in Christ specifically; secular Czech commonly uses ‘víra’ for generic belief or self-confidence with no religious referent assumed.
Gospel
Czech name: evangelium
Key terms: gospel, good news
Review routing: Human theologian
The term itself is stable, but given very low general religious practice, it cannot be assumed to carry any inherited meaning; must be actively defined, not merely translated.
Grace
Czech name: milost
Key terms: grace, unmerited, gift, given freely
Review routing: Human theologian
Unmerited favor received by faith; ‘milost’ is also the ordinary word for judicial clemency, requiring explicit unpacking of the theological sense rather than assuming it will be inferred.
Incarnation
Czech name: vtělení
Key terms: flesh, seed of David, son born, came in flesh
Review routing: Human theologian
Low competing secular meaning but also low pre-existing recognition; must be taught as new content, not merely named.
Obedience of Faith
Czech name: poslušnost víry
Key terms: obedience of faith, obedience, faith-produced obedience
Review routing: Human theologian
A compound concept needing to be taught since neither component word carries strong pre-existing religious connotation for most readers.
Sainthood (Called to be Holy)
Czech name: povolání ke svatosti
Key terms: saints, holy ones, called to be holy
Review routing: Human theologian
Every believer is called ‘svatý’ in Romans 1:7; the Czech calendar’s continued marking of saints’ name days is a cultural touchpoint but functions as folk custom detached from any live doctrine of sainthood, so the corporate sense must be taught as new content.
Sanctification
Czech name: posvěcení
Key terms: sanctification, holiness, set apart, holy living
Review routing: Human theologian
The Spirit’s ongoing work of making believers holy; ‘posvěcení’ is otherwise mainly known as the ceremonial blessing of a building, a substantially different and narrower association.
Universal Human Accountability
Czech name: všeobecná odpovědnost člověka
Key terms: all have sinned, no one is righteous, no distinction, all are accountable
Review routing: Human theologian
All humanity equally guilty before God; must be built up against the colloquially weakened, low-stakes everyday use of ‘hřích’ (sin) as a mild idiom for ‘a shame’ or ‘a pity.‘
Universal Scope of the Gospel
Czech name: všeobecný dosah evangelia
Key terms: everyone who believes, all who call, no distinction, Jew and Gentile
Review routing: Human theologian
No ethnic or national barrier to the gospel; retain unqualified universal language, foundational for a reader without prior assumptions about who the gospel is ‘for.‘
Medium Risk Doctrines
Adoption into God’s Family
Czech name: přijetí za syny Boží
Key terms: adoption, spirit of adoption, sons, children of God, abba
Review routing: Native speaker review
The legal-adoption parallel (‘adopce’) is well understood in modern secular Czech; the specific theological content (full inheritance rights) still needs explicit unpacking.
Christ-Centered Ministry
Czech name: služba zaměřená na Krista
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 generic humanitarian or NGO-style service divorced from gospel proclamation.
Church as God’s People
Czech name: církev jako Boží lid
Key terms: body of Christ, one body, church, saints, assembly
Review routing: Native speaker review
The new covenant community gathered around Christ, distinct from both the institutional sense of ‘církev’ and the architectural/touristic association many secular readers bring to ‘kostel’ (church building).
Davidic Covenant
Czech name: Davidova smlouva
Key terms: seed of David, David, covenant
Review routing: Native speaker review
Requires explicit Old Testament background (2 Samuel 7); no analogous concept assumed in general Czech culture.
Evangelism
Czech name: evangelizace
Key terms: preach, proclaim, evangelize, send, how will they hear
Review routing: Native speaker review
In one of Europe’s most secular societies, active evangelism can be perceived with suspicion or as culturally intrusive; use language of proclamation, witness, and invitation rather than confrontational framing.
Fulfillment of Prophecy
Czech name: naplnění proroctví
Key terms: prophecy, promised, foretold, scriptures say
Review routing: Native speaker review
Linear historical fulfillment (Old Testament to New Testament) requires OT narrative background that cannot be assumed for a general secular readership.
Humanity of Christ
Czech name: lidství Kristovo
Key terms: born of the seed of David, flesh, human
Review routing: Native speaker review
Real physical human nature; low doctrinal risk, though should be taught alongside deity of Christ since basic Christology cannot be assumed as background.
Inspiration of Scripture
Czech name: vdechnutí Písma
Key terms: scriptures, holy scriptures, prophets
Review routing: Native speaker review
Requires foundational explanation of what Scripture’s authority even claims to be, since general background familiarity with the Bible as a religious document cannot be assumed.
Kingdom Mission
Czech name: poslání království
Key terms: kingdom of God, righteousness peace and joy, advance the kingdom
Review routing: Native speaker review
God’s reign advancing through the gospel; guard against the fairy-tale-kingdom association ‘království’ carries in general Czech usage.
Mission to the Nations
Czech name: misie k národům
Key terms: nations, gentiles, all peoples, to the ends of the earth
Review routing: Native speaker review
‘Misie’ may carry a mild historical/colonial-era or NGO-humanitarian connotation rather than a specifically gospel-proclamation sense in contemporary secular usage.
Peace with God
Czech name: pokoj s Bohem
Key terms: peace with God, peace, peace through justification
Review routing: Native speaker review
Relational, covenantal peace through justification; distinguish from the everyday sense of ‘pokoj’ as mere quiet or absence of disturbance.
Power of God for Salvation
Czech name: Boží moc ke spasení
Key terms: power of God, God’s power
Review routing: Native speaker review
Standard, unambiguous rendering.
Prayer and Intercession
Czech name: modlitba a přímluva
Key terms: prayer, intercession, pray, groan, spirit intercedes
Review routing: Native speaker review
Unlike most other Language Packages in this pipeline, there is no strong live cultural competitor (no dominant saint-veneration or Marian-devotion practice in secular Czech society); the task is teaching what intercession means at all, not correcting a rival framework.
Providence
Czech name: Boží prozřetelnost
Key terms: all things work together, God works, foreknew, predestined, called, justified, glorified
Review routing: Native speaker review
God’s personal, purposive care; avoid the fatalistic, impersonal folk-secular framing of ‘osud’ (fate) or ‘štěstí’ (luck), the more common contemporary Czech way of describing unexplained life events.
Separation unto God’s Service
Czech name: oddělení pro Boží službu
Key terms: set apart, separated, holy
Review routing: Native speaker review
Low risk of syncretistic conflation; the primary risk is the concept being wholly unfamiliar rather than misapplied.
Spiritual Gifts
Czech name: duchovní dary
Key terms: spiritual gift, gift, grace gift, measure of faith
Review routing: Native speaker review
Spirit-given enablements for the church; low syncretism risk, but the underlying concept of the Holy Spirit distributing gifts needs foundational explanation.
Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Czech name: jednota Židů a pohanů
Key terms: Jew and Gentile, no distinction, one body, olive tree
Review routing: Native speaker review
Must be translated with full theological clarity; no direct social-hierarchy analogue assumed in general secular Czech culture, though the doctrine carries pastoral weight given the Czech lands’ own complex Jewish history.
Low Risk Doctrines
Apostleship
Czech name: apoštolství
Key terms: apostle
Review routing: Automated review
Apoštol is stable and unambiguous; risk is unfamiliarity with the New Testament narrative role, not mistranslation.
Christian Fellowship
Czech name: bratrské společenství
Key terms: fellowship, share, participate, community
Review routing: Automated review
Shared participation in Christ; ‘společenství’ is a stable, low-risk modern Czech word for community.
Mutual Edification
Czech name: vzájemné budování
Key terms: build up, edify, encourage one another, strengthen
Review routing: Automated review
Building one another up in faith; no significant doctrinal risk.
Thanksgiving
Czech name: díkůvzdání
Key terms: thanksgiving, give thanks, grateful, thank God
Review routing: Automated review
Standard term; minimal risk.
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