Doctrine Analysis: Acts 1–28 (English → Kashmiri)

Purpose and Methodology

This document is the full doctrine matrix for the Acts curriculum, extending the Romans baseline Language Package without contradicting it. It is generated in direct consistency with assets/doctrine_risk_registry.json (same curriculum generation, 2026-08-01): the same 21 doctrines, the same risk tiers, and the same review routing appear here, expanded with supporting-passage detail and a chapter-by-chapter coverage sweep across the entire book of Acts, per the PRD Phase 1 full-book-coverage mandate.

Acts 2:1-41 (Pentecost and Peter’s sermon) is the curriculum’s theological anchor — it is where the largest cluster of Critical doctrines converges (Holy Spirit and Pentecost, Resurrection, Ascension, Lordship/Deity of Christ, Repentance and Baptism, Sovereignty and Human Responsibility, Inspiration and Fulfillment of Prophecy) — but scope is the entire book. Every chapter of Acts 1–28 is accounted for below; chapters that introduce no new doctrinal load are explicitly marked as reviewed rather than silently omitted.

Risk tiers and review routing follow the shared framework:

• Critical — Human theologian review required for every occurrence.
• High — Human theologian review required.
• Medium — Native speaker review recommended.
• Low — Automated review sufficient.

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Part A: Full Doctrine Matrix

#	Doctrine	Risk	Supporting Passages (Acts)	Translation Risk	Review Routing
1	The Holy Spirit and Pentecost	Critical	1:5,8; 2:1-4,16-21,33,38; 4:31; 8:14-19; 10:44-47; 19:1-7	پاک روح must never default to the mainstream Islamic exegetical identification of Ruh al-Qudus with the angel Gabriel. Wind/fire theophanic signs must not be reheard as impersonal prana/spanda-type cosmic energy (a live Kashmir Shaivite category). “Other tongues” must be taught as real human languages, not ecstatic trance-speech resembling regional folk-possession or dhikr phenomena.	Human theologian
2	The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles	High	2:5-11; 10:1-48; 11:1-18; 13:46-48; 15:1-29; 17:16-31; 28:28	Cornelius narrative’s lifting of Mosaic purity distinctions must be taught as redemptive-historical fulfillment, not disrespect toward halal/haram-style observance still meaningful to Muslim-background readers. God’s ethnic impartiality (10:34) must retain unqualified force for both audiences this Language Package addresses.	Human theologian
3	Repentance and Baptism	Critical	2:37-41; 3:19; 8:36-38; 9:18; 16:15,33; 17:30; 19:1-7; 20:21; 26:20	توبہ collides directly with mainstream Islamic deeds-weighing repentance theology; بپتِسمہ must never be assimilated to غسل or وضو, repeatable Islamic ritual-purity practices. Both must be taught explicitly as receiving, not earning, forgiveness.	Human theologian
4	The Church as Community	Medium	2:42-47; 4:32-35; 6:1-7; 11:26; 20:7	The gathered new-covenant community must stay clearly distinct from mosque, temple, or Sufi order/shrine structures; voluntary Spirit-motivated sharing (2:44-45) is not a mandated economic system for every era.	Native speaker review
5	Apostolic Authority and Miracles	Critical	1:2,26; 2:22,43; 3:1-10; 4:33; 5:12-16; 8:9-24; 14:3; 19:11-20; 20:28	رسول must always be distinguished from Muhammad’s specific title (“Rasulullah”). Signs/wonders authenticate the apostolic message and must be distinguished from کرامت (a Sufi saint’s personal charism, venerated at a shrine) and from جادو (occult sorcery, per the Simon Magus narrative).	Human theologian
6	Persecution and Bold Witness	High	4:1-31; 5:17-42; 7:54-60; 8:1-3; 9:1-2; 12:1-5; 14:19-20; 16:19-24; 21:27-36; 24:1-27	گواہ (eyewitness-testifier) must be kept distinct from شہید, the specific and politically loaded Islamic martyr category. دلیری (Spirit-given boldness) must be taught as confident trust in God’s purpose, not political defiance, given the region’s decades-long conflict history.	Human theologian
7	Conversion of Paul	Critical	9:1-19; 22:3-21; 26:9-23	Paul’s reversal from persecutor to چُنٲوَتھ آلہ (chosen instrument) must be taught as God’s sovereign, personal election, not impersonal fate (قسمت/taqdir); his baptism reinforces the Repentance and Baptism doctrine’s Critical framing.	Human theologian
8	Justification apart from the Law	Critical	13:38-39; 15:1-29; 21:20-25	Acts 13:38-39 is Acts’ clearest justification statement and must reuse the identical compound phrase (راستباز ٹھہرایہ گیہ) recorded in the baseline translation memory. The Jerusalem Council ruling requires precise teaching that circumcision itself is not condemned, only circumcision-plus-law-keeping as necessary for salvation — a fine distinction given circumcision’s continuing near-universal practice among Kashmiri Muslims for different theological reasons.	Human theologian
9	The Great Commission Fulfilled	High	1:8; 8:4-40; 10:1-48; 13:1-3; 28:16-31	Acts 1:8’s programmatic “to the end of the earth” and 28:31’s deliberately open-ended “without hindrance” must be taught as an ongoing, unfinished mission, framed as gentle proclamation and witness rather than confrontation, given the region’s religious-communal sensitivity.	Human theologian
10	Resurrection of Christ	Critical	1:22; 2:24,31-32; 3:15; 4:2,33; 13:30-37; 17:18,32; 23:6-8; 24:15,21; 26:8,23	Repeated across nearly every apostolic sermon. Mainstream Sunni interpretation of Quran 4:157 denies the crucifixion occurred at all, directly contradicting the historical claim these passages depend on; must be stated plainly at every occurrence, not assumed uncontested. 17:32’s philosophical mockery is a distinct form of resistance requiring separate handling from the Quranic denial.	Human theologian
11	Ascension of Christ	Critical	1:2,9-11; 2:33-35	Must be taught as completing, not substituting for, the prior bodily resurrection and crucifixion; Quran 4:158’s superficially similar “God raised Isa to Himself” occurs within a framework denying the cross and must not be allowed to blur this distinction.	Human theologian
12	Lordship and Deity of Christ	Critical	2:33-36; 3:15; 5:3-4; 7:55-56; 10:36; 16:31; 20:28; 28:31	Christ’s exaltation to God’s right hand and titles like “Author of life” directly contradict mainstream Islamic Tawhid doctrine’s denial that any created being shares God’s unique majesty; must be taught plainly at every occurrence. 2:36 functions as a thesis verse parallel to Romans 10:9 and must be fixed for cross-document consistency.	Human theologian
13	Sovereignty and Human Responsibility	High	2:23; 4:27-28; 13:48; 27:22-25	Must hold together God’s sovereign redemptive plan with genuine human moral accountability for the crucifixion (2:23); must not collapse into قسمت/تقدیر impersonal fatalism, a live and strong theological category for a Muslim-background audience already versed in al-qadar predestination doctrine.	Human theologian
14	Contextualized Gospel Proclamation and Idolatry	Critical	14:8-18; 17:16-31; 19:23-41	بُت (idol) is heavily weighted in Islamic theology as shirk, the gravest sin; must never be applied as a blanket judgment on Kashmir Shaivism’s philosophically non-iconic monist core, a different target from Lystra’s or Ephesus’s crafted-image polytheism. Paul’s Areopagus method must not imply Islam’s خُدا or Trika’s Shiva-consciousness are simply unrecognized versions of the biblical God.	Human theologian
15	Church Governance and Eldership	Medium	6:1-6; 14:23; 15:2-6; 20:17-35	بزرگ (elder) carries strong Sufi-devotional resonance as a venerated pir in the Rishi tradition; must be taught as a functional shepherd-overseer role, not a shrine-associated intercessory or venerated status.	Native speaker review
16	Deliverance from Occult Power	Medium	8:9-24; 16:16-18; 19:11-20	The shared word “spirit” across an evil divining spirit and the divine Holy Spirit is a genuine translation hazard; every occurrence of “spirit” language in these passages requires a qualifying term making clear which is meant.	Native speaker review
17	Inspiration and Fulfillment of Prophecy	High	2:16-21,25-31; 3:18-25; 13:22-41; 15:15-18	Old Testament promise-to-fulfillment logic (Joel’s outpouring, the Davidic resurrection argument) must not be assimilated to the Quranic prophetology model of each revelation superseding the last; requires explicit Old Testament background teaching, since the Quranic Dawud narrative carries no comparable resurrection-messianic argument.	Human theologian
18	Eschatological Hope and Restoration	Medium	3:19-21; 17:31-32; 23:6-8; 24:15	”Restoration of all things” risks being reheard through a Kashmir Shaivite (Trika) lens as return to undivided cosmic consciousness rather than the biblical hope of a renewed created order under Christ’s personal bodily return and reign.	Native speaker review
19	Providence Amid Suffering	High	12:1-11; 27:13-44	God’s personal, purposive care amid imprisonment and shipwreck must not be flattened into قسمت/تقدیر fatalism; reinforces the baseline providence entry’s relational confidence rather than impersonal predetermination.	Human theologian
20	Atonement and the Blood of Christ	High	20:28	Paul’s statement that God obtained the church “with his own blood” is an implicit atonement and deity-of-Christ statement; escalate to theologian review per the baseline’s atonement/propitiation escalation rule, parallel to Romans 3:25.	Human theologian
21	Cultural Continuity and Jewish Practice	Low	18:1-11; 21:17-26	Paul’s continued participation in Jewish vow-practice and synagogue engagement after the Jerusalem Council is cultural continuity, not reintroduced works-righteousness; low doctrinal risk, but a brief clarifying note is recommended given the preceding Justification apart from the Law teaching.	Automated review

Risk tier totals (must match doctrine_risk_registry.json): Critical = 9, High = 7, Medium = 4, Low = 1. Total doctrines = 21. Human theologian review required = 16 doctrines; native speaker review = 4 doctrines; automated review only = 1 doctrine.

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Part B: Chapter-by-Chapter Coverage (Acts 1–28)

Every chapter is reviewed below. Where a chapter introduces no new doctrinal load beyond doctrines already active in prior chapters, this is stated explicitly rather than omitted.

Acts 1 — Ascension, Waiting for the Spirit, Matthias

• Doctrines active: Ascension of Christ (1:2,9-11) — Critical; The Great Commission Fulfilled (1:8, programmatic thesis) — High; Apostolic Authority and Miracles (1:2,26, the apostolic office and lot-casting) — Critical; The Holy Spirit and Pentecost (1:5,8, the promise anticipated) — Critical.
• Translation risk: 1:8’s “to the end of the earth” must be rendered with full geographic universality, anticipating 28:31’s open ending. The ascension (1:9-11) must be stated as a plain historical, bodily event completing the resurrection, not softened toward Quran 4:158’s “God raised him to Himself” framing, which occurs in a framework denying the crucifixion.
• Review routing: Human theologian (Ascension, Apostolic Authority, Holy Spirit all Critical).

Acts 2 — Pentecost and Peter’s Sermon (Core Passage, 2:1-41)

• Doctrines active: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost (2:1-4,16-21,33,38) — Critical; Resurrection of Christ (2:24,31-32) — Critical; Ascension of Christ (2:33-35) — Critical; Lordship and Deity of Christ (2:33-36, thesis verse) — Critical; Sovereignty and Human Responsibility (2:23) — High; Repentance and Baptism (2:37-41) — Critical; Inspiration and Fulfillment of Prophecy (2:16-21,25-31, Joel and David) — High; The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles (2:5-11, the diaspora nations gathered) — High.
• Translation risk: This chapter is the theological anchor of the entire curriculum and concentrates the largest cluster of Critical doctrines in Acts. All forbidden-substitution rules apply simultaneously: پاک روح in full, never bare روح القدس; مصلوب کرنہ stated as unambiguous historical fact against Quran 4:157; 2:36 fixed for cross-document consistency parallel to Romans 10:9; توبہ and بپتِسمہ taught as receiving rather than earning forgiveness; the “other tongues” of 2:4,6,11 taught as real human languages, not ecstatic speech.
• Review routing: Human theologian (multiple Critical doctrines converge).

Acts 3 — Healing at the Temple Gate, Peter’s Second Sermon

• Doctrines active: Apostolic Authority and Miracles (3:1-10, the healing sign) — Critical; Resurrection of Christ (3:15) — Critical; Lordship and Deity of Christ (3:15, “Author of life”) — Critical; Inspiration and Fulfillment of Prophecy (3:18-25) — High; Eschatological Hope and Restoration (3:19-21) — Medium.
• Translation risk: “Author of life” (ἀρχηγὸς τῆς ζωῆς) is an exalted Christological title requiring the same Critical handling as other deity-of-Christ language. “Times of refreshing” / “restoration of all things” (3:19-21) risks a Trika-lens misreading as return to undivided cosmic consciousness rather than Christ’s personal renewed reign.
• Review routing: Human theologian (Critical doctrines dominate); native-speaker flag additionally on 3:19-21.

Acts 4 — Peter and John before the Council; Prayer for Boldness

• Doctrines active: Persecution and Bold Witness (4:1-31) — High; Apostolic Authority and Miracles (4:33) — Critical; Sovereignty and Human Responsibility (4:27-28) — High; The Church as Community (4:32-35, common life) — Medium.
• Translation risk: دلیری (boldness, 4:13,29,31) must be taught as Spirit-given confident trust, not political defiance, given the region’s conflict history — handle with the same political sensitivity the baseline applies to “peace”/“kingdom.” 4:32-35’s voluntary sharing must not be presented as a universally mandated economic system.
• Review routing: Human theologian (Persecution, Apostolic Authority, Sovereignty all require it); native speaker for the Church-as-Community dimension.

Acts 5 — Ananias and Sapphira; Apostolic Signs; Renewed Persecution

• Doctrines active: Apostolic Authority and Miracles (5:1-16, judgment and healings) — Critical; Lordship and Deity of Christ (5:3-4, lying to the Holy Spirit is lying to God) — Critical; Persecution and Bold Witness (5:17-42) — High.
• Translation risk: 5:3-4’s equation of “lying to the Holy Spirit” with “lying to God” is a strong implicit Trinitarian/deity statement and must be preserved plainly, reinforcing that پاک روح is God himself, not an angelic intermediary.
• Review routing: Human theologian.

Acts 6 — Choosing the Seven; Stephen’s Arrest

• Doctrines active: The Church as Community (6:1-7, diaconal service) — Medium; Church Governance and Eldership (6:1-6, the proto-diaconal office) — Medium; Persecution and Bold Witness (6:8-15, Stephen accused) — High.
• Translation risk: خدمت (service/ministry, 6:1,4) is a positive point of contact with regional khidmat-e-khalq ethical vocabulary; low collision risk but should be kept distinct from a venerated-elder framing.
• Review routing: Native speaker review (Church Governance, Church as Community); human theologian for the emerging persecution thread.

Acts 7 — Stephen’s Speech and Martyrdom

• Doctrines active: Persecution and Bold Witness (7:54-60, the first Christian martyrdom) — High; Inspiration and Fulfillment of Prophecy (7:2-53, the historical-covenantal survey) — High; Lordship and Deity of Christ (7:55-56, Stephen’s vision of Christ at God’s right hand) — Critical.
• Translation risk: گواہ/شہید distinction is at its sharpest here: Stephen is Acts’ paradigm eyewitness-turned-martyr, and this narrative must be handled without triggering the politically loaded regional شہید category. 7:55-56 repeats the Critical “right hand of God” exaltation language.
• Review routing: Human theologian.

Acts 8 — Philip in Samaria; Simon Magus; the Ethiopian Eunuch

• Doctrines active: The Great Commission Fulfilled (8:4-40, the gospel moves beyond Jerusalem) — High; Apostolic Authority and Miracles / Deliverance from Occult Power (8:9-24, Simon Magus) — Critical/Medium; Repentance and Baptism (8:36-38) — Critical; The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles (8:26-40, the Ethiopian’s inclusion) — High.
• Translation risk: جادو (sorcery) must be distinguished both from genuine apostolic signs and from کرامت; Simon’s transactional view of spiritual power is a specific warning requiring careful, non-syncretistic phrasing. The eunuch narrative’s primary doctrinal weight is Gentile/African inclusion, not the eunuch terminology itself.
• Review routing: Human theologian (Apostolic Authority, Baptism, Gospel to Gentiles); native speaker additionally for the occult-power dimension.

Acts 9 — Saul’s Conversion; Peter’s Healings

• Doctrines active: Conversion of Paul (9:1-19) — Critical; Repentance and Baptism (9:18) — Critical; Apostolic Authority and Miracles (9:32-43, Peter’s healings) — Critical; The Church as Community (9:31, “the church… had peace”) — Medium.
• Translation risk: چُنٲوَتھ آلہ (“chosen instrument,” 9:15) reinforces the baseline election entry’s personal/relational sense against a fatalistic قسمت misreading; Paul’s reversal must be taught as sovereign personal election, not impersonal predestination.
• Review routing: Human theologian.

Acts 10 — Cornelius; Peter’s Vision; Gentile Pentecost

• Doctrines active: The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles (10:1-48, God’s ethnic impartiality, 10:34) — High; The Holy Spirit and Pentecost (10:44-47, the Spirit poured on Gentiles) — Critical; Lordship and Deity of Christ (10:36, “Lord of all”) — Critical; The Great Commission Fulfilled (10:1-48) — High.
• Translation risk: The overturning of Mosaic purity distinctions (10:15) must be taught as redemptive-historical fulfillment, not disrespect toward halal/haram-style dietary observance. “God shows no partiality” (10:34) must retain full unqualified force across both audiences this Language Package addresses.
• Review routing: Human theologian.

Acts 11 — Peter’s Report; the Church in Antioch

• Doctrines active: The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles (11:1-18, defending Gentile inclusion) — High; The Church as Community (11:26, first called “Christians”) — Medium.
• Translation risk: مسیحی (Christian, 11:26) should be noted as a historic self-designation deriving naturally from the مسیح root, not a modern political-communal label — a point requiring care given regional communal-identity sensitivities.
• Review routing: Human theologian (Gospel to Gentiles); native speaker for the Christian-identity naming note.

Acts 12 — Peter’s Imprisonment and Angelic Deliverance; Herod’s Death

• Doctrines active: Providence Amid Suffering (12:1-11) — High; Apostolic Authority and Miracles (12:1-19, the angelic rescue) — Critical.
• Translation risk: فرشتہ (angel) must be kept clearly distinct from پاک روح at every occurrence, guarding against the regional Gabriel–Ruh al-Qudus identification bleeding into ordinary angelic references. God’s rescue must be taught as personal, purposive providence, not impersonal قسمت/تقدیر.
• Review routing: Human theologian.

Acts 13 — Barnabas and Saul Sent; Sermon at Pisidian Antioch

• Doctrines active: The Great Commission Fulfilled (13:1-3, the first missionary sending) — High; Justification apart from the Law (13:38-39, Acts’ clearest justification statement) — Critical; Resurrection of Christ (13:30-37) — Critical; Inspiration and Fulfillment of Prophecy (13:22-41) — High; Sovereignty and Human Responsibility (13:48, “as many as were appointed”) — High.
• Translation risk: 13:38-39 must reuse راستباز ٹھہرایہ گیہ exactly as recorded in the baseline translation memory — this is Acts’ thesis-level justification statement and must not be abbreviated toward mere “forgiveness.”
• Review routing: Human theologian.

Acts 14 — Lystra and Derbe; “Gods in Human Form”

• Doctrines active: Contextualized Gospel Proclamation and Idolatry (14:8-18, mistaken for Zeus and Hermes) — Critical; Persecution and Bold Witness (14:19-20, Paul stoned) — High; Church Governance and Eldership (14:23, appointing elders) — Medium.
• Translation risk: دیوتا (gods, 14:11) has direct resonance with popular Kashmiri Pandit devotional practice and must be carefully distinguished from Trika’s own philosophical monism — Lystra’s crowd-polytheism is a different target than either mainstream Hindu devotional theism or Trika non-dualism.
• Review routing: Human theologian (Idolatry, Persecution); native speaker for Eldership.

Acts 15 — The Jerusalem Council

• Doctrines active: Justification apart from the Law (15:1-29, the circumcision controversy resolved) — Critical; Church Governance and Eldership (15:2-6) — Medium; Inspiration and Fulfillment of Prophecy (15:15-18, Amos cited) — High.
• Translation risk: ختنہ (circumcision) requires the fine, explicit distinction that the practice itself is not condemned — only circumcision-plus-law-keeping as necessary for salvation — a distinction of particular delicacy given circumcision’s continuing near-universal practice among Kashmiri Muslims for unrelated theological reasons. جوا (yoke, 15:10) should be linked explicitly to the baseline grace entry.
• Review routing: Human theologian.

Acts 16 — Timothy; the Macedonian Call; Philippi; Paul and Silas Imprisoned

• Doctrines active: The Great Commission Fulfilled (16:6-10, Spirit-directed expansion into Europe) — High; Deliverance from Occult Power (16:16-18, the spirit of divination) — Medium; Repentance and Baptism (16:15,33, Lydia and the jailer) — Critical; Persecution and Bold Witness (16:19-24) — High.
• Translation risk: فالگیری ہنٛز روح (a spirit of divination, 16:16) must always carry a qualifying term distinguishing it from پاک روح; the shared word “spirit” is a genuine and recurring translation hazard throughout this chapter.
• Review routing: Native speaker review for the occult-power distinction; human theologian for Baptism and Persecution.

Acts 17 — Thessalonica, Berea, and the Areopagus

• Doctrines active: Contextualized Gospel Proclamation and Idolatry (17:16-31, “unknown god,” idols) — Critical; Resurrection of Christ (17:18,32, mocked at Athens) — Critical; Eschatological Hope and Restoration (17:31-32, the coming Judgment) — Medium; Persecution and Bold Witness (17:1-9,13) — High.
• Translation risk: نامعلوم خُدا (“unknown god,” 17:23) must not imply that Islam’s خُدا or Trika’s Shiva-consciousness are simply unrecognized versions of the biblical God; Paul’s method moves quickly to particulars (a Creator distinct from creation, the resurrected Judge) and this movement must be preserved, not flattened into generic common-ground language. 17:32’s philosophical mockery of the resurrection is a distinct form of resistance from the Quranic denial and should be taught as such.
• Review routing: Human theologian.

Acts 18 — Corinth; Aquila and Priscilla; Apollos

• Doctrines active: Cultural Continuity and Jewish Practice (18:1-11,18, synagogue engagement, a vow) — Low; The Great Commission Fulfilled (18:1-17, continued expansion) — High.
• Translation risk: No new Critical or High-risk vocabulary is introduced beyond the Low-risk عبادت خانہ/کنیسہ (synagogue) term already logged in the Core Glossary. This chapter is explicitly reviewed and confirmed as reusing established vocabulary; only a brief clarifying note on continued Jewish practice after Gentile inclusion is recommended.
• Review routing: Automated review (Cultural Continuity); no escalation required beyond what prior chapters already carry.

Acts 19 — Ephesus; the Twelve Disciples of John; Sons of Sceva; the Riot

• Doctrines active: The Holy Spirit and Pentecost (19:1-7, disciples receiving the Spirit) — Critical; Deliverance from Occult Power (19:11-20, itinerant exorcists, burned scrolls) — Medium; Apostolic Authority and Miracles (19:11-12, extraordinary signs) — Critical; Contextualized Gospel Proclamation and Idolatry (19:23-41, the Artemis riot) — Critical.
• Translation risk: جادو (sorcery/magic) recurs in the Sons of Sceva narrative and must again be distinguished from genuine apostolic power and from کرامت. The Artemis riot repeats the بُت/shirk sensitivity established in chapter 17, now applied to organized commercial-religious interests rather than philosophical objection.
• Review routing: Human theologian (Holy Spirit, Apostolic Authority, Idolatry); native speaker additionally for the occult-power episode.

Acts 20 — Troas; Eutychus; the Ephesian Elders’ Farewell

• Doctrines active: Church Governance and Eldership (20:17-35, overseers/elders as shepherds) — Medium; Atonement and the Blood of Christ (20:28, “obtained with his own blood”) — High; Lordship and Deity of Christ (20:28, implicit deity in the atonement statement) — Critical.
• Translation risk: 20:28’s statement that God obtained the church “with his own blood” is a significant implicit atonement and deity-of-Christ claim and must be escalated to theologian review per the baseline’s atonement/propitiation escalation rule, parallel to Romans 3:25. نگہبان/بزرگ must be taught as functional shepherd roles, not shrine-associated venerated pir figures.
• Review routing: Human theologian (Atonement, Deity of Christ); native speaker for the general Eldership material.

Acts 21 — Paul’s Journey to Jerusalem; Arrest in the Temple

• Doctrines active: Cultural Continuity and Jewish Practice (21:17-26, the purification vow) — Low; Persecution and Bold Witness (21:27-36, Paul seized) — High.
• Translation risk: نذر (vow, 21:23) is a positive point of contact with Islamic vow-vocabulary and must be clarified as continued cultural practice, not reintroduced works-righteousness, especially given the immediately preceding Justification-apart-from-the-Law teaching in chapters 13 and 15.
• Review routing: Automated review (Cultural Continuity); human theologian for the escalating persecution narrative.

Acts 22 — Paul’s Defense before the Crowd

• Doctrines active: Conversion of Paul (22:3-21, Paul’s own retelling) — Critical; Persecution and Bold Witness (22:20, Stephen’s blood recalled) — High.
• Translation risk: This chapter is a narrative reuse of vocabulary already established in chapters 9 and 16 (chosen instrument, election, baptism, witness); no new theological terms are introduced. Explicitly reviewed and confirmed as full reuse.
• Review routing: Human theologian (Conversion of Paul remains Critical on every occurrence, including retellings).

Acts 23 — The Sanhedrin; the Plot against Paul

• Doctrines active: Eschatological Hope and Restoration (23:6-8, the Pharisee-Sadducee resurrection dispute) — Medium; Resurrection of Christ (23:6, Paul’s appeal to the resurrection hope) — Critical.
• Translation risk: The Sadducee denial of resurrection (23:8) offers a useful internal-Jewish parallel to later Quranic denial of the crucifixion/resurrection event and can be taught as a structurally similar (though historically distinct) form of resistance.
• Review routing: Human theologian.

Acts 24 — Paul before Felix

• Doctrines active: Resurrection of Christ / Eschatological Hope (24:15,21, “a resurrection of both the just and the unjust”) — Critical/Medium; Persecution and Bold Witness (24:1-27) — High.
• Translation risk: No new vocabulary; reuses established resurrection and witness terms. Confirmed reviewed with full continuity from chapter 23.
• Review routing: Human theologian.

Acts 25 — Paul before Festus; Appeal to Caesar

• Doctrines active: No new doctrinal content from the matrix above; narrative/legal background only (the قیصر/Caesar term, Low risk, already logged in the Core Glossary).
• Translation risk: Purely legal-narrative vocabulary; models legitimate civil recourse distinguished from political agitation, consistent with the baseline’s sensitivity around government/authority language (cf. Romans 13:1-7 handling).
• Review routing: Automated review; explicitly reviewed and confirmed as contributing no new Critical/High doctrinal load.

Acts 26 — Paul before Agrippa

• Doctrines active: Conversion of Paul (26:9-23, the fullest retelling) — Critical; Resurrection of Christ (26:8,23) — Critical; The Great Commission Fulfilled (26:16-18, the commissioning restated) — High.
• Translation risk: This is the third and fullest retelling of Paul’s conversion; all Critical-tier handling from chapters 9 and 22 applies again in full. No new terms introduced.
• Review routing: Human theologian.

Acts 27 — The Voyage and Shipwreck

• Doctrines active: Providence Amid Suffering (27:13-44, the storm and shipwreck) — High; Sovereignty and Human Responsibility (27:22-25, Paul’s confidence amid the storm) — High.
• Translation risk: No new theological vocabulary beyond the baseline providence/انتظام and angel/فرشتہ terms already logged; confirmed as narrative reuse. God’s care must remain personal and purposive, not flattened into قسمت/تقدیر.
• Review routing: Human theologian.

Acts 28 — Malta; Arrival in Rome; the Open Ending

• Doctrines active: The Great Commission Fulfilled (28:16-31, the deliberately open “without hindrance” ending) — High; Thanksgiving (28:15, low-risk baseline term) — Low.
• Translation risk: بغٲیر رُکاوَٹہٕ (without hindrance, 28:31) forms an inclusio with Acts 1:8 and with “boldness” (chapter 4) and must preserve the book’s deliberately unfinished, ongoing-mission sense — the curriculum’s closing thesis statement alongside 2:36 and 13:38-39.
• Review routing: Human theologian (Great Commission Fulfilled remains High-risk through to the book’s final verse).

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Part C: Chapters Explicitly Reviewed with No New Doctrinal Load

Per the PRD Phase 1 full-book-coverage mandate, the following chapters are confirmed reviewed and are noted here explicitly rather than silently omitted, since they contribute primarily narrative continuity and reuse of vocabulary already governed by the doctrines above:

• Chapter 18 — reuses Gospel-to-Gentiles and Great-Commission vocabulary; introduces only the Low-risk “synagogue” term.
• Chapter 22 — full reuse of Conversion-of-Paul vocabulary established in Chapter 9.
• Chapter 25 — narrative/legal background only (Caesar-appeal, Low risk); no Critical/High doctrinal content.
• Chapter 27 — narrative reuse of Providence/angel background established in Chapter 12.

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Part D: Consistency Confirmation

This document’s doctrine set, risk tiers, and review routing are identical to assets/doctrine_risk_registry.json (21 doctrines; Critical = 9, High = 7, Medium = 4, Low = 1; 16 requiring human theologian review, 4 requiring native speaker review, 1 automated-only). No new doctrines, risk reassignments, or routing changes are introduced here; this file adds chapter-level supporting-passage granularity and full-book coverage confirmation on top of the registry’s doctrine-level structure, consistent with the Romans baseline’s established conventions for term reuse, script, and risk-tier methodology.

See assets/doctrine_risk_registry.json for the machine-readable registry entries. See analysis/08_core_glossary.md for the term-level glossary underlying this doctrine analysis. See baseline translation_memory.json, bible_term_registry.json, and 12_ai_translation_requirements.md (Romans) for the enforcement conventions this document extends.

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Critical Risk Doctrines

The Holy Spirit and Pentecost

Kashmiri name: پاک روح تہٕ پنتِکوست
Key terms: holy_spirit, pentecost, tongues_of_fire, other_tongues, rushing_wind, all_flesh
Review routing: Human theologian

پاک روح must never default to mainstream Islamic exegesis identifying Ruh al-Qudus with the angel Gabriel rather than a divine Person. The wind and fire signs must not be reheard as impersonal prana/spanda energy categories live in Kashmir Shaivism. The ‘other tongues’ must be taught as real human languages, not ecstatic trance-speech associated with regional folk-possession phenomena or dhikr practice.

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Repentance and Baptism

Kashmiri name: توبہ تہٕ بپتِسمہ
Key terms: repentance, baptism, forgiveness_of_sins, cut_to_the_heart
Review routing: Human theologian

توبہ collides directly with mainstream Islamic deeds-weighing repentance theology; بپتِسمہ must never be assimilated to غسل or وضو, repeatable Islamic ritual-purity practices. Both terms require explicit teaching that repentance and baptism receive rather than earn forgiveness.

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Apostolic Authority and Miracles

Kashmiri name: رسولی اختیار تہٕ عجائبات
Key terms: apostle, signs_and_wonders, power_of_god, sorcery_magic, angel, overseer, elder
Review routing: Human theologian

رسول must always be distinguished from Muhammad’s specific title (‘Rasulullah’). Apostolic signs authenticate God’s redemptive message, unlike کرامت (a Sufi saint’s personal charism venerated at a shrine) or جادو (occult sorcery, as in the Simon Magus narrative).

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Conversion of Paul

Kashmiri name: پولسَ ہنٛز تبدیلی
Key terms: chosen_instrument, persecution, election, baptism
Review routing: Human theologian

Paul’s dramatic reversal from persecutor to chosen instrument must be taught as God’s sovereign, personal election (خُدایُک چُنٲوُن), not impersonal fate (قسمت/taqdir); his baptism reinforces the Repentance and Baptism doctrine’s Critical framing.

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Justification apart from the Law

Kashmiri name: شریعتہٕ بغٲیر راستباز ٹھہرایہ گیہ
Key terms: justification, law, circumcision, yoke, righteousness
Review routing: Human theologian

Acts 13:38-39 is Acts’ clearest justification statement and must use the identical compound phrase recorded in the baseline translation memory. The Jerusalem Council’s circumcision ruling requires precise teaching that circumcision itself is not condemned, only circumcision-plus-law-keeping as necessary for salvation — a fine distinction given circumcision’s continuing near-universal practice among Kashmiri Muslims for different theological reasons.

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Resurrection of Christ

Kashmiri name: مسیح ہنٛز زندٕ تھِیُن
Key terms: resurrection, crucified_historical, author_of_life
Review routing: Human theologian

Repeated across nearly every apostolic sermon in Acts. Mainstream Sunni interpretation of Quran 4:157 denies the crucifixion occurred at all, directly contradicting the historical claim these passages depend on; must be stated plainly at every occurrence, not assumed uncontested. Acts 17:32 also shows resurrection preaching mocked on purely philosophical grounds, a distinct kind of resistance from the Quranic denial.

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Ascension of Christ

Kashmiri name: مسیح ہنٛز آسمانَس منز اُوچھ کرنہ گیہ
Key terms: ascension, exalted_right_hand, lord
Review routing: Human theologian

Must be taught as completing, not substituting for, the prior bodily resurrection and crucifixion; Quran 4:158’s superficially similar ‘God raised Isa to Himself’ occurs within a framework denying the cross and must not be allowed to blur this distinction.

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Lordship and Deity of Christ

Kashmiri name: مسیح ہنٛز خُداوندی تہٕ خُدائی
Key terms: lord, son_of_god, exalted_right_hand, author_of_life, obtained_with_blood
Review routing: Human theologian

Christ’s exaltation to God’s right hand and titles like ‘Author of life’ directly contradict mainstream Islamic Tawhid doctrine’s denial that any created being shares God’s unique majesty; must be taught plainly at every occurrence, never softened. Acts 2:36 functions as a thesis verse parallel to Romans 10:9 and must be fixed for cross-document consistency.

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Contextualized Gospel Proclamation and Idolatry

Kashmiri name: بت پرستیہٕ خلاف انجیلہٕ ہنٛز پیشکش
Key terms: idol, polytheistic_gods, unknown_god, sorcery_magic
Review routing: Human theologian

بُت (idol) is heavily weighted in Islamic theology as shirk, the gravest sin; must never be applied as a blanket judgment on Kashmir Shaivism’s philosophically non-iconic monist core, a different target from Lystra’s or Ephesus’s crafted-image polytheism. Paul’s Areopagus method must not imply Islam’s خُدا or Trika’s Shiva-consciousness are simply unrecognized versions of the biblical God.

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High Risk Doctrines

The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles

Kashmiri name: یہودیَن تہٕ غیر-قومَن باپت انجیل
Key terms: gentiles, no_partiality, cleanse_ritual, proselyte, nation_general, unknown_god, idol
Review routing: Human theologian

The Cornelius narrative’s abolition of Mosaic purity distinctions must be taught as redemptive-historical fulfillment, not disrespect for halal/haram-style dietary observance still meaningful to Muslim-background readers. God’s ethnic impartiality (10:34) must retain full unqualified force across both the Muslim-majority and Kashmiri Pandit audiences.

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Persecution and Bold Witness

Kashmiri name: ظلم تہٕ بے دھڑک گواہی
Key terms: witness, boldness, persecution, stoning
Review routing: Human theologian

گواہ (eyewitness-testifier) must be kept distinct from شہید, the specific, politically loaded Islamic martyr category; دلیری (Spirit-given boldness) must be taught as trust in God’s purpose, not political defiance, given the region’s decades-long conflict history.

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The Great Commission Fulfilled

Kashmiri name: عالمگیر منادی ہنٛز پُوری تھاوُن
Key terms: mission, witness, without_hindrance, kingdom_of_god, all_flesh
Review routing: Human theologian

Acts 1:8’s programmatic ‘to the end of the earth’ and 28:31’s deliberately open-ended ‘without hindrance’ must be taught as an ongoing, unfinished mission, framed as gentle proclamation and witness rather than confrontation, given the region’s religious-communal sensitivity.

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Sovereignty and Human Responsibility

Kashmiri name: خُدایُک منصوبہ تہٕ اِنسانی جواب دہی
Key terms: gods_determined_plan, providence, election
Review routing: Human theologian

Must hold together God’s sovereign redemptive plan with genuine human moral accountability for the crucifixion (2:23); must not collapse into قسمت/تقدیر impersonal fatalism, a live and strong theological category for a Muslim-background audience already versed in al-qadar predestination doctrine.

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Inspiration and Fulfillment of Prophecy

Kashmiri name: پیشن گوئیہ ہنٛز پُوری تھاوُن
Key terms: prophet, prophecy, david, seed_of_david, promise
Review routing: Human theologian

Old Testament promise-to-fulfillment logic (Joel’s outpouring, the Davidic resurrection argument) must not be assimilated to the Quranic prophetology model of each revelation superseding the last; requires explicit Old Testament background teaching, since the Quranic Dawud narrative carries no comparable resurrection-messianic argument.

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Providence Amid Suffering

Kashmiri name: مصیبتہٕ منز خُدایُک انتظام
Key terms: providence, angel
Review routing: Human theologian

God’s personal, purposive care amid imprisonment and shipwreck must not be flattened into قسمت/تقدیر fatalism; reinforces the baseline providence entry’s relational confidence rather than impersonal predetermination.

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Atonement and the Blood of Christ

Kashmiri name: مسیح ہنٛز خونہ سٟتی حاصل کرنہ
Key terms: obtained_with_blood
Review routing: Human theologian

Paul’s statement that God obtained the church ‘with his own blood’ is an implicit atonement and deity-of-Christ statement; escalate to theologian review per the baseline’s atonement/propitiation escalation rule, parallel to Romans 3:25.

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Medium Risk Doctrines

The Church as Community

Kashmiri name: کلیسیا اکھ جماعت پؠٹھ
Key terms: church, fellowship, breaking_of_bread, all_things_common, one_accord, christian
Review routing: Native speaker review

The gathered new-covenant community must remain clearly distinct from mosque, temple, or Sufi order/shrine structures; voluntary Spirit-motivated sharing (2:44-45) should not be taught as a mandated economic system for every era.

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Church Governance and Eldership

Kashmiri name: کلیسیا ہنٛز نگہبانی تہٕ بزرگی
Key terms: overseer, elder, shepherd_verb, service_ministry
Review routing: Native speaker review

بزرگ (elder) carries strong Sufi-devotional resonance as a venerated pir in the Rishi tradition; must be taught as a functional shepherd-overseer role, not a shrine-associated intercessory or venerated status.

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Deliverance from Occult Power

Kashmiri name: جادوُک طاقتَن پؠٹھ فتح
Key terms: sorcery_magic, spirit_of_divination, angel
Review routing: Native speaker review

The shared word ‘spirit’ across an evil divining spirit and the divine Holy Spirit is a genuine translation hazard; every occurrence of ‘spirit’ language in these passages requires a qualifying term making clear which is meant.

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Eschatological Hope and Restoration

Kashmiri name: خاتمی اُمید تہٕ سٲری چیزَن ہنٛز بحالی
Key terms: restoration_of_all_things, resurrection
Review routing: Native speaker review

‘Restoration of all things’ risks being reheard through a Kashmir Shaivite (Trika) lens as return to undivided cosmic consciousness rather than the biblical hope of a renewed created order under Christ’s personal bodily return and reign.

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Low Risk Doctrines

Cultural Continuity and Jewish Practice

Kashmiri name: یہودی رسمَن ہنٛز تسلسل
Key terms: vow, synagogue
Review routing: Automated review

Paul’s continued participation in Jewish vow-practice and synagogue engagement after the Jerusalem Council is cultural continuity, not reintroduced works-righteousness; low doctrinal risk, but a brief clarifying note is recommended given the preceding Justification apart from the Law teaching.