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 | 9 | Human theologian, every occurrence | Salvation, Grace, Sanctification, Incarnation, Deity of Christ, Sonship of Christ, Resurrection of Christ, Lordship of Christ, Messianic Promise |
| High | 18 | Human theologian | Divine Calling, Faith, Adoption, Providence, Universal Scope of the Gospel, Unity of Jews and Gentiles |
| Medium | 9 | Native speaker review | Gospel, Peace with God, Spiritual Gifts, Mission to the Nations, Evangelism |
| Low | 4 | Automated review only | Apostleship, Thanksgiving, Mutual Edification, Christian Fellowship |
Why Critical doctrines cluster where they do
Mandarin’s nine Critical-risk doctrines split across three distinct competing traditions rather than one: Salvation, Resurrection, and Messianic Promise are Critical because of ready-made Buddhist vocabulary (解脱, 轮回, 弥勒); Grace is Critical because of Buddhist merit-accounting vocabulary (功德); Sanctification is Critical because of a direct Neo-Confucian philosophical borrowing (成圣); and Incarnation, Deity of Christ, Sonship of Christ, and Lordship of Christ are Critical partly because of classical imperial-political vocabulary (天子, 天命). This is different from a single-substrate language, where Critical risk typically clusters around one worldview; in Mandarin, a reviewer trained to catch Buddhist-flavored errors will not automatically catch a Confucian- or imperial-flavored one.
Review routing rationale
Critical and High risk doctrines (27 of 40) require mandatory human theologian review because an automated or native-speaker-only check could confirm the Mandarin is fluent — even elegant — without catching that it imports a contradictory framework from whichever of the three traditions is active in that passage. Native speaker review is sufficient for Medium-risk doctrines, where the concern is cultural fit and sensitivity (e.g. the historic 洋教 “foreign religion” framing of mission) rather than doctrinal contradiction.