Cross-Reference Analysis
09 Cross-Reference Analysis — Galatians (Full Book)
OT Quotations, Allusions, Typology, Messianic References, and Romans Parallels
Method: Every explicit Old Testament quotation, every clear allusion, every typological pattern, and every messianic reference in Galatians 1–16 [sic: 1–6] is catalogued chapter by chapter. Each entry is cross-checked against the Romans baseline Language Package for parallel passages requiring identical Manipuri rendering, per the Theological Consistency Rules Across Documents established in 12_ai_translation_requirements.md. Citations are normalized throughout in the form Book Chapter:Verse (e.g., “Galatians 2:16”, “Genesis 15:6”) using Arabic numerals only, matching the YouVersion reference system mandated by the baseline.
Translation sensitivity ratings use the same tier labels as doctrine_risk_registry.json (Critical / High / Medium / Low) and, where a term also appears in that registry, the rating is held identical to the registered doctrine risk.
Part A — Chapter 1: Paul’s Apostleship and the One True Gospel
| Passage | Reference type | Theme | Related character(s) | OT/NT connection | Translation sensitivity |
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| Galatians 1:1 | Allusion | Paul’s Apostleship — direct divine commissioning | Paul; Jesus Christ; God the Father | Echoes the prophetic call pattern of direct divine commissioning seen in Jeremiah 1:4-5 and Isaiah 49:1, 5 | Medium — must preserve the emphatic double negation (“not from men… but through Jesus Christ”) established in 07_semantic_analysis.md |
| Galatians 1:4 | Allusion | Gospel — Christ’s self-giving death as deliverance | Jesus Christ | Echoes Passover-deliverance typology (Exodus 12) and Isaiah’s Servant who gives himself for sin (Isaiah 53:5-6, 10-12) | High — must not be softened; ties directly to the baseline “gospel” and “salvation” Critical/High entries |
| Galatians 1:6-9 | Allusion (no direct quotation) | The True Gospel versus False Gospels | Paul; unnamed false teachers | Echoes Deuteronomy’s warning against a prophet or dreamer who leads Israel after other gods (Deuteronomy 13:1-5) and the false-prophet warnings of Jeremiah 23:16-22 | Critical — see 08_core_glossary.md “another/different gospel” and “accursed/anathema” entries; flag for mandatory theologian review |
| Galatians 1:10 | Allusion | Christ-Centered Ministry | Paul | Echoes the prophetic self-description “servant of the LORD” (e.g., Isaiah 49:5) reapplied to gospel ministry | Low |
| Galatians 1:13-14 | Allusion | Paul’s Apostleship (former life) | Paul | Zeal-language echoes Phinehas’s zeal for the LORD (Numbers 25:10-13) and Elijah’s “I have been very jealous for the LORD” (1 Kings 19:10), reapplied ironically to Paul’s pre-conversion persecution of the church | Medium — “Judaism” (Ἰουδαϊσμός) must never be rendered ধর্ম, per 08_core_glossary.md |
| Galatians 1:15 | Direct allusion (near-quotation) | Divine Calling / Election | Paul; cf. Jeremiah; cf. Isaiah’s Servant | Jeremiah 1:5 (“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you”) and Isaiah 49:1 (“The LORD called me from the womb”) | High — parallels the baseline “election” and “called/calling” Critical/High doctrine entries; must not be reheard as ৱাইফম (impersonal fate) |
| Galatians 1:16 | Allusion | Sonship of Christ / Revelation | Paul; God the Father; the Son | Echoes prophetic commissioning-by-revelation language (cf. Isaiah 49:3, Ezekiel 1-2) | Critical — “Son of God” term is the baseline’s established Critical entry; reuse তেংবাং মপুগী মচানুপা exactly |
| Galatians 1:19 | Reference (proper name) | Church leadership | James (the Lord’s brother) | N/A — historical reference | Low |
Part B — Chapter 2:1-14: Confirmation of Paul’s Gospel; the Antioch Confrontation
| Passage | Reference type | Theme | Related character(s) | OT/NT connection | Translation sensitivity |
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| Galatians 2:6 | Allusion | Unity of Jews and Gentiles / impartial judgment | God; the “pillars” | Echoes Deuteronomy 10:17 (“God shows no partiality”) and 2 Chronicles 19:7; parallels Romans 2:11 (“God shows no partiality”) | High — must render consistently with any future Romans-parallel wording already fixed in the baseline |
| Galatians 2:7-9 | Reference | Paul’s Apostleship / mission division (circumcised/uncircumcised) | Peter (Cephas); James; John; Paul; Barnabas | N/A — historical/ecclesial | Medium |
| Galatians 2:9 | Metaphor/typology | Church leadership | James; Cephas; John | Temple-pillar imagery (cf. 1 Kings 7:21, the pillars Jachin and Boaz) reapplied metaphorically to apostolic leaders | Low — see 08_core_glossary.md “pillars” entry |
| Galatians 2:11-14 | Reference | Law and Grace / Unity of Jews and Gentiles | Peter (Cephas); Paul; Barnabas; “men from James” | N/A — historical incident; theologically parallels Romans 14:1-15:7 (weak/strong, table-fellowship issues) | High |
Part C — Galatians 2:15-21 (Core Passage): Justification by Faith
| Passage | Reference type | Theme | Related character(s) | OT/NT connection | Translation sensitivity |
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| Galatians 2:15 | Allusion | Universal Human Accountability | Paul; Peter; Jewish believers; Gentile “sinners” | Sets up the universal “no one righteous” argument fully stated in Romans 3:9-20 | High |
| Galatians 2:16 | Allusion behind a direct principle | Justification by Faith | Paul; Peter | Echoes Psalm 143:2 (“no one living is righteous before you”), also cited directly in Romans 3:20 (“by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight”) | CRITICAL — direct Romans parallel. Galatians 2:16 and Romans 3:20/3:28 must use identical Manipuri renderings for “justified,” “works of the law,” and the universal negation. See Rendering-Consistency Rule 1 below. |
| Galatians 2:17 | — | Justification by Faith (rhetorical objection) | Christ; Paul; Peter | No OT citation; internal Pauline argument | High |
| Galatians 2:19-20 | Typology / doctrinal center | Crucified with Christ | Paul; Christ | Typologically anticipated by the Passover lamb and the substitutionary sacrificial system (Leviticus 16-17); directly parallels Romans 6:6 (“our old self was crucified with him”) and Romans 8:3 (God condemning sin in the flesh) | CRITICAL — see Rendering-Consistency Rule 2 below; this is the single highest-priority doctrinal term in the curriculum |
| Galatians 2:20 | Allusion | Sonship of Christ / Faith | The Son of God; Paul | ”Loved me and gave himself for me” echoes Isaiah 53:5-6, 12 (substitutionary self-giving) | Critical — Son of God term reused exactly from baseline |
| Galatians 2:21 | Allusion | Grace / Law and Grace | God; Christ | Direct counterpart to Romans 4:4-5 and Romans 11:5-6 (grace-versus-works contrast verses) | CRITICAL — Romans parallel. See Rendering-Consistency Rule 3 below. |
Part D — Chapter 3: The Abrahamic Promise, the Law’s Purpose, and Justification by Faith
| Passage | Reference type | Theme | Related character(s) | OT/NT connection | Translation sensitivity |
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| Galatians 3:1 | Allusion (idiom) | The Law’s Purpose (rhetorical rebuke) | Paul; the Galatians | Folk-magic “evil eye” idiom (βασκαίνω); no OT citation | Critical — see 08_core_glossary.md “bewitched” entry; direct collision risk with regional evil-eye/maibi folk belief |
| Galatians 3:6 | Direct quotation | Justification by Faith / Imputed Righteousness | Abraham; God | Genesis 15:6 — “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” Quoted identically in Romans 4:3 | CRITICAL — verbatim Romans match required. See Rendering-Consistency Rule 4 below. This is the single most important shared-quotation rule in this document. |
| Galatians 3:8 | Direct quotation | The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise | Abraham; “all the nations” | Genesis 12:3 / Genesis 18:18 — “In you shall all the nations be blessed”; theologically parallels Romans 4:13, 16-17 and Romans 9:7-8 | High |
| Galatians 3:10 | Direct quotation | The Law’s Purpose (curse) | — | Deuteronomy 27:26 — “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law” | Critical — see শাপ (curse) entry, 08_core_glossary.md |
| Galatians 3:11 | Direct quotation | Justification by Faith | — (Habakkuk citation) | Habakkuk 2:4 — “The righteous shall live by faith.” Quoted identically in Romans 1:17, the thesis-verse of the Romans curriculum | CRITICAL — verbatim Romans match required. See Rendering-Consistency Rule 5 below. |
| Galatians 3:12 | Direct quotation | The Law’s Purpose | — | Leviticus 18:5 — “The one who does them shall live by them” | High |
| Galatians 3:13 | Direct quotation + typology | The Law’s Purpose / Crucified with Christ | Christ | Deuteronomy 21:23 — “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree.” Typology: the “tree” (ξύλον) prefigures the cross; directly informs Romans 8:3’s condemnation-of-sin-in-the-flesh argument | CRITICAL — see “redeemed,” “curse,” and “tree” entries in 08_core_glossary.md |
| Galatians 3:15-18 | Allusion | The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise | Abraham; Moses (implied) | Argues from the Abrahamic covenant (Genesis 15, 17) preceding the Sinai law (Exodus 19-20) by 430 years (cf. Exodus 12:40) | High |
| Galatians 3:16 | Direct quotation (composite) + typology | Messianic Promise / The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise | Abraham; Christ | Genesis 12:7 / 13:15 / 17:7 / 24:7 — “and to your offspring.” Singular-noun exegesis identifies the promised “seed” typologically with Christ | Critical — see “seed of Abraham” entry; parallels the baseline’s “seed of David” pattern (Romans 1:3) |
| Galatians 3:19-20 | Typology | The Law’s Purpose | Moses (implied mediator) | Alludes to the giving of the law at Sinai through an angelic/Mosaic mediator (Exodus 19:1-25; Deuteronomy 33:2 LXX tradition of angelic mediation) | High — see “mediator” entry |
| Galatians 3:24-25 | Typology | The Law’s Purpose | — | No direct OT citation; the παιδαγωγός image draws on Greco-Roman household custom, applied typologically to the law’s temporary role before Christ | High |
| Galatians 3:26-29 | Allusion | Adoption and Sonship / Unity of Jews and Gentiles | Abraham; all believers | Directly parallels Romans 8:14-17 (sons of God, heirs) and Romans 4:13-16 (heirs of the promise); Galatians 3:28’s “neither Jew nor Greek… neither slave nor free… no male and female” parallels Romans 10:12 and Romans 3:29-30 | High — flag for human theologian review per baseline’s “unity_of_jews_and_gentiles” and “universal_scope_of_gospel” doctrine entries |
Part E — Chapter 4: Adoption, Sonship, and the Allegory of Two Covenants
| Passage | Reference type | Theme | Related character(s) | OT/NT connection | Translation sensitivity |
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| Galatians 4:1-7 | Allusion | Adoption and Sonship | Believers; God the Father; the Son; the Spirit | Directly parallels Romans 8:15-17 (Spirit of adoption, Abba, heirs) | High |
| Galatians 4:4 | Allusion / Messianic-Incarnational | Incarnation / Messianic Promise | The Son; a woman (unnamed — Mary implied) | “Born of woman, born under the law” echoes Genesis 3:15 (the woman’s offspring) and the Davidic/Immanuel promise tradition (Isaiah 7:14, 9:6); parallels Romans 1:3 (“descended from David according to the flesh”) | Critical — ties directly to the baseline “incarnation” Critical entry; NEVER অবতার |
| Galatians 4:6 | Allusion (Aramaic term retained) | Adoption and Sonship | The Spirit; believers; God the Father | Directly parallels Romans 8:15 — both texts use the Aramaic “Abba” alongside “Father” | CRITICAL — verbatim Romans match required. See Rendering-Consistency Rule 6 below. |
| Galatians 4:8-11 | Allusion | Law and Grace / Freedom in Christ | The Galatians (former pagans) | Alludes to the populated cosmic-power worldview standing behind Israel’s (and the nations’) pre-gospel condition; no direct OT quotation, but echoes Deuteronomy 4:19 and 2 Kings 17:16’s warnings against serving the “host of heaven” | CRITICAL — see 08_core_glossary.md “elemental spirits of the world” entry; highest lexical-collision risk in the curriculum |
| Galatians 4:21-31 | Typology (extended allegory) | The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise / Freedom in Christ | Hagar; Sarah; Ishmael; Isaac | Genesis 16:1-16 and Genesis 21:1-21 — the two sons, two mothers, two covenants; Mount Sinai is allegorically linked to “the present Jerusalem,” contrasted with “the Jerusalem above” | High — requires theologian-guided lesson scaffolding beyond simple translation, given low assumed OT narrative literacy |
| Galatians 4:27 | Direct quotation | The Abrahamic Covenant and Promise | Sarah (typologically) | Isaiah 54:1 — “Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear” | Medium |
| Galatians 4:30 | Direct quotation | Freedom in Christ | Sarah; Hagar; Isaac; Ishmael | Genesis 21:10 — “Cast out the slave woman and her son” | High — must not be misread as ethnic polemic; this is a covenant-theological, not ethnic, argument |
Part F — Chapter 5: Freedom, Circumcision, Flesh versus Spirit, Fruit of the Spirit
| Passage | Reference type | Theme | Related character(s) | OT/NT connection | Translation sensitivity |
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| Galatians 5:1 | Typology (implicit) | Freedom in Christ | Christ | Echoes Exodus deliverance-from-slavery typology (Exodus 20:2, “who brought you out of the house of slavery”) reapplied to freedom from the law’s condemnation | Critical — see Rendering-Consistency Rule 7 below on contemporary political sensitivity |
| Galatians 5:3 | Allusion | Circumcision and the New Creation | — | Echoes the whole-law-obligation logic of Deuteronomy 27:26 (already quoted directly in Galatians 3:10) | High |
| Galatians 5:6 | — | Faith Working through Love | — | Internal Pauline formulation; no OT citation | High |
| Galatians 5:14 | Direct quotation | Faith Working through Love | — | Leviticus 19:18 — “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Quoted identically in Romans 13:9 | CRITICAL — verbatim Romans match required. See Rendering-Consistency Rule 8 below. |
| Galatians 5:16-18 | Allusion | Flesh versus Spirit | The Spirit; the flesh | Directly parallels Romans 8:1-13 (Spirit versus flesh) | High |
| Galatians 5:19-21 | Allusion (vice list) | Flesh versus Spirit | — | Vice-list genre parallels Romans 1:29-31 | High — φαρμακεία (“sorcery”) entry requires extreme pastoral precision, see 08_core_glossary.md |
| Galatians 5:22-23 | Allusion (virtue list) | Fruit of the Spirit | The Spirit | Virtue-list genre parallels Romans 12:9-21 and reuses the baseline’s ইনগবা (peace) and থাজবা-related (faithfulness) terms | High |
Part G — Chapter 6: Bearing Burdens, Sowing and Reaping, the Cross, the New Creation
| Passage | Reference type | Theme | Related character(s) | OT/NT connection | Translation sensitivity |
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| Galatians 6:2 | Allusion | Bearing One Another’s Burdens / Law and Grace | Christ | Parallels Romans 13:8-10 (“love is the fulfilling of the law”) | High |
| Galatians 6:7 | Allusion (wisdom idiom) | Faith Working through Love (ethical warning) | God | Echoes wisdom-literature cause-and-consequence sayings (Job 4:8; Proverbs 22:8; Hosea 8:7) | Low |
| Galatians 6:7-8 | Allusion (agricultural metaphor) | Flesh versus Spirit | — | Parallels Romans 8:13 (“if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live”) | Low |
| Galatians 6:14 | Allusion / doctrinal center | Crucified with Christ | Christ; Paul; “the world” | Direct thematic return to Galatians 2:19-20; theologically resonant with Romans 6:6 | Critical — must remain lexically consistent with 2:19-20’s ক্রুস (cross) vocabulary |
| Galatians 6:15 | Allusion | Circumcision and the New Creation | — | Echoes Isaiah’s “new heavens and a new earth” renewal language (Isaiah 43:18-19; 65:17; 66:22); NT-forward parallel to 2 Corinthians 5:17 | Critical — see 08_core_glossary.md “new creation” entry; must be distinguished from পুনর্জন্ম (rebirth) |
| Galatians 6:16 | Allusion | Unity of Jews and Gentiles | ”the Israel of God” | Echoes covenant-blessing formulas such as Psalm 125:5 and Psalm 128:6 (“Peace be upon Israel”); reuses the baseline’s ইস্রায়েল term | High — teach as a theological, not ethnic-political, category, per baseline sensitivity note on “israel” |
| Galatians 6:17 | Contrast-allusion | Paul’s Apostleship (closing appeal) | Paul; Jesus | Contrasts the “marks of Jesus” (persecution scars) with the circumcision-mark controversy running through the whole letter | Medium |
Full-Book Coverage Confirmation
Every chapter of Galatians (1 through 6) contains at least one direct OT quotation, allusion, typological pattern, or Romans-parallel passage; none is a “no cross-reference content” chapter. This table constitutes full first-to-last coverage as mandated by the PRD.
Rendering-Consistency Rules for Shared Quotations (Galatians ↔ Romans)
The following Old Testament citations and fixed phrases occur in both Galatians and the already-published Romans Language Package. Per the Theological Consistency Rules Across Documents in 12_ai_translation_requirements.md, these MUST be rendered identically in both curricula. Any Phase 2 translation of Galatians must load the Romans translation_memory.json and verify these exact matches before finalizing the corresponding Galatians segment.
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Galatians 2:16 ↔ Romans 3:20, 3:28 — “by works of the law no one will be justified.” The terms “justified” (অচুম্বা ওইহনবা) and “works of the law” (য়াথাংগী থবক) must be rendered identically in both letters. CRITICAL — mandatory theologian review at every occurrence.
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Galatians 2:19-20 ↔ Romans 6:6, 8:3 — “crucified with Christ” / “condemned sin in the flesh.” While Romans 6:6 uses different Greek vocabulary (συνεσταυρώθη), the underlying union-with-Christ’s-death doctrine is identical; the Manipuri compound ক্রিস্তোগা লোয়ননা ক্রুসদা হাত্তুনা সিবা established for Galatians 2:19-20 should be checked against any existing Romans 6:6 rendering for theological (though not necessarily lexical) alignment. CRITICAL.
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Galatians 2:21 ↔ Romans 4:4-5, 11:5-6 — grace-versus-works contrast verses. মথৌ তাদনা পীবা তেংবাং (grace) must be used identically, and the bhakti-কৃপা contrast note from the baseline must be reapplied verbatim in Galatians 2:21 translator notes. CRITICAL.
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Galatians 3:6 ↔ Romans 4:3 — Genesis 15:6, quoted verbatim in both letters (“Abraham believed God, and it was counted/credited to him as righteousness”). The baseline’s
imputed_righteousnessrendering, পীথোকপা অচুম্বা চৎনবিরাক, MUST be reused exactly, word for word, in Galatians 3:6. This is the single most important cross-curriculum rendering-consistency requirement in this document, since both letters cite the identical Hebrew/Greek text for the identical doctrinal purpose. CRITICAL — mandatory theologian review; any deviation must be treated as a translation defect, not a stylistic variant. -
Galatians 3:11 ↔ Romans 1:17 — Habakkuk 2:4, quoted verbatim in both letters (“The righteous shall live by faith”). Romans 1:16-17 is already designated the Romans curriculum’s non-negotiable thesis-verse rendering under the Theological Consistency Rules Across Documents. Galatians 3:11 MUST reuse the identical Manipuri wording established for Romans 1:17’s quotation of this verse. CRITICAL.
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Galatians 4:6 ↔ Romans 8:15 — “Abba, Father.” Both letters use the identical Aramaic-plus-Greek pairing. The baseline’s আব্বা (Abba, transliterated) + ইপা (Father) pairing MUST be reused exactly, in the same word order, in Galatians 4:6. CRITICAL — flag together with Romans 8:15 for combined theologian review, per the baseline’s adoption doctrine notes.
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Galatians 5:1 (and 2:4, 5:13) — NEW cross-cutting political-sensitivity rule, no Romans precedent. “Freedom” (ἐλευθερία) does not carry the same politically-loaded resonance in the Romans corpus (which uses ἐλευθερία far less centrally). Because Manipur’s contemporary context of autonomy movements and insurgency gives “freedom” vocabulary unusual real-world weight, ননথোকপা must in every Galatians occurrence be accompanied by an explicit theological anchor (“freedom from sin and the law’s condemnation, through Christ”) rather than borrowing any wording that could echo political self-determination rhetoric. This rule has no Romans equivalent and must be added fresh to the Galatians-specific AI Translation Requirements.
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Galatians 5:14 ↔ Romans 13:9 — Leviticus 19:18, quoted verbatim in both letters (“You shall love your neighbor as yourself”). Whatever Manipuri rendering is fixed for Romans 13:9’s citation of this verse MUST be reused exactly in Galatians 5:14. High risk if inconsistent, since this is a well-known, frequently-taught verse where readers moving between the two curricula would notice any variation.
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Genesis 12:3 / 18:18 (Galatians 3:8) — parallels Romans 4:13, 16-17 and Romans 9:7-8 in sense, though not verbatim quotation. No single fixed wording exists yet in the Romans baseline for these Genesis verses (they are alluded to, not directly quoted, in Romans); the Galatians 3:8 translator should establish the first fixed Manipuri rendering of this Genesis text and record it in the updated translation memory for future reuse should a Genesis-focused curriculum follow.
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“Seed of Abraham” (Galatians 3:16, 3:29) built on the same structural pattern as the baseline’s “seed of David” (Romans 1:3). Both compounds use চা-চাহি (cha-chahi, “seed/offspring/lineage”) as the head noun. This structural parallel is intentional and should be preserved so that learners recognize the shared “seed” theology linking the Davidic and Abrahamic promises across both curricula.
Note on Messianic References Requiring Special Care
The following messianic references in Galatians require the same Critical-tier handling as the baseline’s messianic_promise, deity_of_christ, and sonship_of_christ doctrine entries, since Galatians presents these truths in compressed, allusive form rather than Romans’ more expository style:
- Galatians 1:16 (God’s Son revealed to Paul) — deity/sonship compressed into a single clause; requires expansion in teaching notes.
- Galatians 3:16 (the singular “seed” = Christ) — an entirely exegetical, grammar-dependent messianic argument; requires the most explanatory scaffolding of any messianic reference in the letter, since the Manipuri translation cannot itself carry the Greek singular/plural distinction Paul’s argument depends on.
- Galatians 4:4-5 (the Son “born of woman, born under the law… to redeem”) — the letter’s fullest single-verse statement of incarnation, humanity of Christ, and redemption together; treat with the same weight as Romans 1:3-4.
This document should be read together with analysis/07_semantic_analysis.md and analysis/08_core_glossary.md. All three must be reconciled with the baseline translation_memory.json, bible_term_registry.json, and doctrine_risk_registry.json before Phase 2 processing begins. See analysis/10_biblical_theme_map.md for the canonical theme-trajectory analysis that these cross-references support.