11 Doctrine Analysis — John (German)

Full reference table for the 18 doctrines in assets/doctrine_risk_registry.json.

#	Doctrine	Passages	Risk	German-specific rationale	Review routing
1	The Prologue: The Word Made Flesh	1:1-14	Critical	Core passage; uniquely engaged in German literature (Goethe’s Faust).	Human theologian
2	The Lamb of God	1:29	Critical	Passover/Isaiah 53 typology; major German musical significance.	Human theologian
3	New Birth / Born from Above	3:1-21	Critical	Deliberate Greek ambiguity not fully captured in German.	Human theologian
4	God’s Love for the World	3:16	Critical	Among the most universally known verses in Christian scripture.	Human theologian
5	True Worship in Spirit and Truth	4:1-42	Critical	Jewish/Samaritan tension handled with historical specificity.	Human theologian
6	Jesus’ Equality with the Father	5:17-18	Critical	Functions through narrative interpretation.	Human theologian
7	The Seven “I Am” Statements	6:35; 8:12; 10:7,9,11,14; 11:25; 14:6; 15:1,5	Critical	Fixed “Ich bin” rendering across all seven, unified structure echoing Exodus 3:14.	Human theologian
8	The Direct Divine Name Claim: Before Abraham, I Am	8:58	Critical	Most direct deity claim in the Gospel.	Human theologian
9	I and the Father Are One	10:30	Critical	Provokes a stoning attempt for blasphemy.	Human theologian
10	The Textual Question of the Woman Caught in Adultery	7:53-8:11	High	Textual-transmission gap category, same as Mark 16:9-20.	Human theologian
11	Raising Lazarus and Jesus’ Full Humanity	11:1-44	High	”Jesus wept” grounds full humanity alongside full deity.	Human theologian
12	The New Commandment and Foot Washing	13:1-35	Critical	Keep as one unified teaching unit.	Human theologian
13	The Exclusivity of Christ: The Way, Truth, and Life	14:1-14	Critical	Full exclusive force retained; pastoral/interfaith sensitivity required.	Human theologian
14	The Paraclete/Holy Spirit	14:16-16:15	High	Luther’s “Tröster” retained for liturgical consistency.	Human theologian
15	The High Priestly Prayer: Unity	17:1-26	Critical	Extends Ephesians/Colossians unity material.	Human theologian
16	It Is Finished: The Completed Atonement	19:28-30	Critical	Perfect-tense completion, commercial/legal connotation.	Human theologian
17	Thomas’s Confession: My Lord and My God	20:24-29	Critical	Most explicit direct address of Jesus as God; forms inclusio with 1:1.	Human theologian
18	The Gospel’s Stated Purpose	20:30-31	High	The interpretive key to the whole book.	Human theologian

Risk summary

14 Critical, 4 High, 0 Medium, 0 Low. All 18 doctrines require mandatory human theologian review, continuing the pattern established in the Matthew, Mark, and Luke packages. John contains the highest concentration of direct, explicit deity-of-Christ claims (5:17-18; 8:58; 10:30; 20:28) of any curriculum in this pipeline’s German portfolio.

Coverage confirmation

All 18 doctrines are drawn from the full 21-chapter sweep, distributed across chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7-8, 10, 11, 13, 14-17, 19, and 20. No major section of the Gospel contributed zero doctrines.