Doctrine Analysis

Titus — Doctrine Analysis (Full-Book Coverage)

Part A: Doctrine Matrix

Every doctrine below is Critical or High risk; per assets/doctrine_risk_registry.json’s routing rule, all seven require mandatory human theologian review before publication — there is no Medium/Low-risk doctrine in this Language Package, matching the Romans baseline’s pattern.

ID	Doctrine	Supporting Passages (full-book)	Risk	Review Routing
1	Grace That Trains for Godly Living	Titus 1:1 (kev hwm Vajtswv paired with qhov tseeb); 2:1-10 (household virtue lists framed as consequence of doctrine); 2:11-12; 2:14; 3:5-7	Critical	Human theologian
2	Qualifications for Elders	Titus 1:5-9; (contrast) 1:10-16 disqualifying false-teacher profile	High	Human theologian
3	Sound Doctrine and Good Works	Titus 1:9; 1:16; 2:1; 2:7; 2:10 (adorning doctrine); 2:14; 3:1; 3:8; 3:14	Critical	Human theologian
4	Salvation by Grace not Works	Titus 2:11; 3:5; 3:7	Critical	Human theologian
5	Regeneration by the Holy Spirit	Titus 3:5; 3:6	Critical	Human theologian
6	Submission to Authority	Titus 2:5; 2:9-10; 3:1-2	High	Human theologian
7	Avoiding Divisive Controversies	Titus 1:10-14 (Jewish myths/circumcision party — seed form); 3:9-11	High	Human theologian

Escalation trigger (inherited from Romans §4/§9 convention): Any generated Phase 2 content touching any of the seven doctrines above must be automatically routed to human theologian review before publication. No automated-review or native-speaker-only bypass is permitted for this Language Package, since Titus — unlike Romans — contains zero Low/Medium-tier doctrines; the letter’s compressed length concentrates doctrinal weight into a small number of extremely dense clauses (see 3:5 note below).

Single most hazardous clause in the book: Titus 3:5 converges three independent collision points in one verse — (a) regeneration/παλιγγενεσία against Hmong soul-reincarnation belief (Doctrine 5), (b) the mandatory “Vaj” prefix on Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον in the same clause (Doctrine 5 / Romans-baseline #5), and (c) “washing” (λουτρόν) inheriting the kevcai-root ritual-purification collision (Romans-baseline #45 baptism precedent) — while simultaneously anchoring Doctrine 4’s works-exclusion claim (“not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy”). Any Phase 2 unit touching 3:5 must be flagged for the highest level of theologian scrutiny in this Language Package.

Part B: Chapter-by-Chapter Full-Book Coverage Log

Per the PRD Phase 1 full-book-coverage mandate (inherited Romans-baseline “Part B convention,” 11_doctrine_analysis.md), every chapter of Titus is logged below as reviewed. Titus is a short, densely doctrinal letter; unlike Romans, no chapter of Titus is doctrinally “thin” — all three chapters carry load-bearing content, so none is logged as a null-content chapter. Each is nonetheless explicitly reviewed and cross-referenced to the glossary (08_core_glossary.md) and doctrine matrix above, satisfying the never-silently-skip requirement.

Chapter 1 (Titus 1:1-16) — Reviewed

1:1-4 (salutation): Introduces the Savior title (T5) applied to both “God our Savior” (1:3) and anticipates its Christ-application in later chapters — Christological deity-affirmation risk, same tier as Romans 9:5. Introduces “elect” (T17, Doctrine-6-adjacent election vocabulary inherited from Romans baseline, hmoov forbidden), “knowledge of the truth” (T113), “godliness” (T26, eusebeia — Doctrine 1 headline term), “hope of eternal life” (T27, T29), “promise before the ages” (T16), “God who does not lie” (T12).
1:5-9 (elder qualifications): Direct textual basis for Doctrine 2. Surfaces tus txwj laus (T39), tus saib xyuas pawg ntseeg (T40), “husband of one wife” (T69, polygamy collision), sound-doctrine vocabulary (T47).
1:10-16 (false teachers, circumcision party, Jewish myths): Seed-form basis for Doctrine 7 (full flowering at 3:9-11); surfaces T54 (myths, dab-root risk), T57 anticipatory register (genealogical/legalistic speculation), T62 (circumcision party), and the works/purity contrast of 1:15-16 (“to the defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure… they profess to know God, but in works they deny him”) — direct textual basis for Doctrine 3’s works-as-evidence claim and its collision risk with reparable-fault Hmong moral custom.
Doctrines touched: 1 (godliness introduced), 2 (full), 3 (1:16 negative case), 7 (seed form).

Chapter 2 (Titus 2:1-15) — Reviewed

2:1-10 (household instruction — older men/women, young women, young men, slaves): Direct textual basis for Doctrine 6 (submission triad begins here at 2:5, 2:9-10) and Doctrine 3 (2:7 good works as teaching-model, 2:10 “adorn the doctrine”). Surfaces T39/T41/T42 distinction, T63 (hypotassō), T38/T44 (doulos/despotēs collision), extensive virtue/vice register (T74-T99).
2:11-15 (core passage begins): Direct textual basis for Doctrine 1 (grace that trains, 2:11-12) and Doctrine 4 (2:11’s soteriological ground). Surfaces T6/T8/T9 (epiphany triad), T13 (grace), T22 (good works, zealous for), T5 (Savior — second occurrence, now explicitly of “our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,” 2:13, the strongest single Christological-deity clause in the letter).
Doctrines touched: 1 (core), 3, 4 (introduced), 6 (full triad begins).

Chapter 3 (Titus 3:1-15) — Reviewed

3:1-2 (submission to rulers): Completes the Doctrine 6 triad; surfaces T64/T65/T66/T67/T68 (rulers, governing authority/hwjchim-inherited term, obey, insubordinate, disobedient).
3:3-8 (core passage concludes — the letter’s soteriological centerpiece): Direct textual basis for Doctrine 4 (3:5, 3:7 — the sharpest works-exclusion statement in the letter) and Doctrine 5 (3:5-6 — regeneration, washing, Holy Spirit poured out, renewal). Surfaces T18 (mercy, kept distinct from grace), T19 (salvation, Christ-anchored), T20 (redemption), T21 (works of righteousness — excluded-ground sense, same lexeme as T22), T24 (justify/reckon righteous), T28 (heir), T30 (regeneration — highest-priority collision in the book), T31 (washing), T32 (renewal by the Holy Spirit), T33 (poured out).
3:9-11 (avoid foolish controversies): Direct textual basis for Doctrine 7’s full statement; surfaces T56 (foolish controversies), T57 (genealogies — clan-identity collision), T58/T59/T60 (quarrels, fights about the law, divisive person).
3:12-15 (closing greetings and final exhortation to good works, 3:14): Reinforces Doctrine 3’s closing bracket (good works commanded as the letter’s final practical word); low new-term yield (T118 genuine child echoed from 1:4 register; standard epistolary closing vocabulary already stable per Romans-baseline conventions for greetings/grace benediction).
Doctrines touched: 3 (closing bracket), 4 (core), 5 (core), 6 (triad completed), 7 (full statement).

Coverage summary: All 3 chapters of Titus are accounted for above with explicit doctrine cross-references; all 7 doctrines in the registry are anchored to specific, cited verses in at least one chapter, and every doctrine’s Critical/High risk tier is preserved unchanged from assets/doctrine_risk_registry.json. No chapter or verse range was silently omitted.

Governing Note

This file extends, and does not contradict, assets/doctrine_risk_registry.json (Titus baseline) and inherits without alteration every Critical/High-tier collision documented in the Romans Language Package baseline (grace/koob hmoov, election/hmoov, hwjchim, Vaj Ntsuj Plig, Txoj Kevcai qualifier, kev cai raus dej, kev raug ua kom dawb huv, kev cawm dim anchoring, ncaj ncees/suav tias qualifier). Any future Phase 2 generation task touching Titus must consult both this file and the Titus doctrine risk registry together, with the registry’s risk tier as final authority in case of any apparent conflict.