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

Purpose and Method

This document provides the full doctrine matrix required by PRD Phase 1 Step 4, tracing every doctrine identified in doctrine_risk_registry.json across its complete distribution in Acts 1–28. Coverage is FULL-BOOK: every chapter is explicitly accounted for, even where a chapter contributes no new doctrinal or terminological load beyond what is already documented elsewhere (such chapters are marked “reviewed — no new doctrine/term risk” rather than silently omitted). The core passage, Acts 2:1–41 (Pentecost and Peter’s sermon), is the theological anchor of this curriculum and carries the single densest concentration of Critical-risk doctrine in the book, but it is not the boundary of this analysis.

Risk tier definitions, review routing categories, and all 23 named doctrines are reproduced from doctrine_risk_registry.json without alteration. This document does not introduce new doctrines or change any tier; it exists to show the complete chapter-by-chapter distribution supporting that registry and to give Phase 2 reviewers a navigable map of where each doctrine surfaces across the whole book.

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Part A — Master Doctrine Matrix

#	Doctrine	Risk	Supporting Passages (Acts)	Translation Risk Summary	Review Routing
1	The Holy Spirit and Pentecost	Critical	1:5,8; 2:1–4,17–18,33,38; 4:31; 8:15–19; 10:44–47; 19:1–6	Pentecost’s simultaneous multi-person indwelling (2:4) intensifies the baseline ātman-Brahman collision risk into a corporate register; “poured out” (2:17–18) risks a Vedic soma/tarpaṇa ritual-libation reading rather than God’s sovereign self-gift.	Human theologian
2	The Spirit’s Guidance of the Church	Critical	13:2; 15:28; 21:11	Risk of reduction to impersonal collective consensus, or of being heard as the community realizing its own corporate Self rather than receiving guidance from a distinct divine Person.	Human theologian
3	Deity and Lordship of Christ	Critical	2:33–36; 7:55–56; 10:36; 13:33	2:36’s “made…Lord and Christ” risks an adoptionist misreading (divinity beginning at this moment); must be taught as enthronement/installation, not promotion. Continues baseline’s प्रभुः-over-ईश्वरः caution.	Human theologian
4	Resurrection of Christ	Critical	2:24–32; 4:2,33; 13:30–37; 17:31–32; 23:6–8; 26:23	NEVER पुनर्जन्म (Sāṃkhya-Yoga/Vedānta transmigration mechanism). 23:6–8 shows this was a live intra-Jewish (Pharisee/Sadducee) doctrinal fault line, noted without altering the fixed rendering पुनरुत्थानम्.	Human theologian
5	The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles	High	10:1–48; 11:1–18; 13:46–48; 15:1–29; 28:28	Cornelius narrative’s “what God has made clean, do not call common” (10:15) directly parallels dharmaśāstra caste-based commensality/food-purity rules (e.g. Manusmṛti); must not be softened.	Human theologian
6	Unity of Jews and Gentiles	High	10:34–35; 13:39; 15:9	Continues baseline High-risk doctrine with Acts’ own narrative demonstrations; directly challenges varṇa-based ritual hierarchy; unqualified universality must be retained.	Human theologian
7	Repentance and Baptism	Critical	2:38; 8:36–38; 9:18; 16:31–33; 19:3–5; 22:16	The single most load-bearing new terminological decision in this curriculum. बाप्तिस्मः must never collapse into स्नानम् (Gaṅgā-snāna ritual bathing) or दीक्षा (guru-lineage initiation); पश्चात्तापः distinguished from prāyaścitta ritual penance; 22:16’s literal “wash away” verb compounds the risk.	Human theologian
8	The Church as Community	Medium	2:42–47; 4:32–35; 6:1–6; 20:17,28	Voluntary, love-motivated sharing distinguished from dharmaśāstra joint-family property law and from maṭha monastic structure; leadership titles avoid स्थविरः (Buddhist/Jain monastic-elder title).	Native speaker review
9	Apostolic Authority and Miracles	High	2:43; 3:6–16; 4:7–33; 5:12; 8:6–19; 14:3; 19:11–16	Signs/wonders never सिद्धि (Yoga Sūtra 3’s earned yogic attainments) — these are divinely bestowed confirmations of delegated commission. अधिकारः echoes Mīmāṃsā ritual-eligibility but must be reframed as Christ-delegated authority, not earned/status-restricted qualification.	Human theologian
10	Persecution and Bold Witness	High	4:13–31; 5:17–42; 7:54–60; 8:1–3; 12:1–5; 14:19–22	साक्षी (witness) echoes dharmaśāstra legal-witness procedure but also collides with Advaita’s passive sākṣicaitanya (witness-consciousness identified with ātman/Brahman); must be taught as active, verbal, historically-anchored testimony.	Human theologian
11	Conversion of Paul	Critical	9:1–22; 22:3–21; 26:9–18	”The Way” (पन्थाः, never मार्गः) is the movement’s own proper self-designation, not one of the Gītā’s three named soteriological mārgas among several converging on a shared goal.	Human theologian
12	Justification apart from the Law	Critical	13:38–39; 15:1–29	13:39/15:11 must be lexically identical to Romans 3:28/3:24. Circumcision controversy (ch.15) risks a संस्कार (dharmaśāstra life-rite) misreading if mistranslated as one more merit-rite rather than the covenant sign this chapter declares unnecessary for salvation.	Human theologian
13	The Great Commission Fulfilled	High	1:8; 13:47; 28:23,31	1:8/28:31 bracket structure is the book’s doctrinal capstone; must retain the unstoppable, universal-reach claim without triumphalist tone, per this Language Package’s scholarly/dialogical audience.	Human theologian
14	Spiritual Conflict and Occult Power	High	5:3; 8:9–24; 13:6–11; 16:16–18; 19:11–20; 26:18	Satan never असुरः (Puranic anti-god class); sorcery/magic never माया (Advaita’s central illusion-doctrine term); possessing/divining spirits never आत्मा (always भूतः/प्रेतः/दुष्टभूतः), to prevent drift toward the ātman-Brahman collision already Critical for the Holy Spirit.	Human theologian
15	Idolatry and the Living God	Critical	14:11–18; 17:16–31	The single highest-stakes doctrine for this Package’s inter-religious-dialogue audience. Unqualified मूर्तिः/प्रतिमा rejected — these are positively-valenced terms for consecrated devotional images within living Hindu temple worship; 14:11’s “gods have come down in human form” is a striking narrative near-collision with avatāra logic (Gītā 4.7–8).	Human theologian
16	Eschatological Judgment	High	2:20; 17:31; 23:6–8; 24:25	Singular, linear, non-repeating judgment, never assimilated to Purāṇic pralaya (periodic cosmic dissolution/re-creation). Avoids both न्याय (Nyāya darśana’s proper name) and दण्ड (dharmaśāstra’s daṇḍanīti).	Human theologian
17	Divine Calling and Election	High	1:24; 9:15; 13:48; 22:14	Continues baseline Critical/High calling-and-election doctrine with Acts’ own instances, especially Paul’s commissioning (9:15). Must not be softened toward impersonal karma-determined destiny (daiva).	Human theologian
18	Household Salvation and Family Inclusion	Medium	10:2; 16:31–34; 18:8	Must not be read as automatic collective merit-transfer irrespective of personal faith; each household member’s inclusion follows the same faith-based pattern, not joint-family karma-pooling.	Native speaker review
19	Inspiration of Scripture and Fulfillment of Prophecy	High	1:16; 2:16–21; 3:18–25; 13:27,33; 26:22–23; 28:23	Continues baseline’s structural contrast: apauruṣeya Vedic revelation (eternal, uncreated, merely perceived by ṛṣis) vs. biblical inspiration (personal God moving specific human authors historically); linear fulfillment vs. cyclical four-yuga cosmology.	Human theologian
20	Ascension and Exaltation of Christ	High	1:9–11; 2:33	Distinguished from the Mahābhārata motif of a righteous hero’s bodily ascent to svarga as reward for accumulated virtue (e.g. Yudhiṣṭhira, Mahāprasthānika Parva); Christ’s ascension is unique exaltation tied to eternal Sonship/Lordship, not a merit-earned reward.	Human theologian
21	Providence in the Mission’s Advance	High	2:23; 4:28; 12:23; 27:23–24	Continues baseline High-risk Providence doctrine with Acts’ narrative instances. Never कर्मफलम् (impersonal karmic law) or दैव (fate).	Human theologian
22	Thanksgiving and Fellowship	Low	2:42,46–47; 24:3; 27:35; 28:15	Standard vocabulary reused exactly from baseline; minor over-ritualization risk only.	Automated review
23	Mutual Edification and Encouragement	Low	11:23; 14:22; 15:32; 20:1–2	Reuses baseline’s context-sensitive उत्तेजनम्/विनयः distinction; no significant doctrinal risk.	Automated review

Risk Summary (matches doctrine_risk_registry.json exactly): Critical 8 · High 11 · Medium 2 · Low 2 · Total requiring human theologian review: 19 · Total requiring native speaker (Sanskrit-scholar) review: 2 · Total automated-only: 2.

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

Acts 1 — Ascension, Commissioning, Preparation for Pentecost

• Ascension and Exaltation of Christ (1:9–11) — High. First occurrence of ऊर्ध्वं नीतः; must be distinguished from Yudhiṣṭhira-type svarga-ascent narratives at first use.
• The Great Commission Fulfilled (1:8) — High. Opens the 1:8/28:31 bracket; साक्षिणः…पृथिव्याः अन्तं यावत् fixed here for consistency with the closing verse.
• Divine Calling and Election (1:24) — High. Selection of Matthias by lot, framed as God’s own choice, not chance/daiva.
• Inspiration of Scripture and Fulfillment of Prophecy (1:16) — High. Peter’s citation of David as Spirit-inspired scripture.
• The Holy Spirit and Pentecost (1:5,8, promissory) — Critical. The promise of the Spirit’s coming, anticipating ch. 2.

Acts 2 — Pentecost and Peter’s Sermon (CORE PASSAGE, 2:1–41)

This chapter is the theological anchor of the entire curriculum and carries the densest concentration of Critical-risk doctrine in the book.

• The Holy Spirit and Pentecost (2:1–4,17–18,33,38) — Critical. Tongues as flame (अग्निजिह्वा) and as language (अन्यभाषाः) must be kept lexically distinct; “poured out” (सिञ्चति) must avoid ritual-libation reading; “filled with the Holy Spirit” (पवित्रात्मना पूर्णः) inherits the full personhood note.
• Deity and Lordship of Christ (2:33–36) — Critical. “God has made him both Lord and Christ” requires the enthronement-not-promotion gloss.
• Resurrection of Christ (2:24–32) — Critical. Peter’s argument from Psalm 16; पुनरुत्थानम् only.
• Repentance and Baptism (2:38) — Critical. The core-passage climax verse; बाप्तिस्मः, पश्चात्तापः, पापक्षमा all converge here and must be cross-checked against Acts 22:16 for internal consistency.
• Eschatological Judgment (2:20, “the day of the Lord”) — High. Singular/linear, not cyclical pralaya.
• Inspiration of Scripture and Fulfillment of Prophecy (2:16–21, Joel citation) — High.
• Church as Community (2:42–47) — Medium. Breaking of bread, common life, first ecclesial description.
• Thanksgiving and Fellowship (2:42,46–47) — Low.
• Providence in the Mission’s Advance (2:23, “delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God”) — High.
• Salvation / universal-scope cross-reference (2:21, Joel 2:32 quotation) — Critical (baseline), must render verbatim-consistently with Romans 10:13.

Acts 3 — Healing of the Lame Man; Peter’s Second Sermon

• Inspiration of Scripture and Fulfillment of Prophecy (3:18–25) — High. Extended prophetic-fulfillment argument.
• Repentance and Baptism (3:19, “repent…that your sins may be blotted out”) — Critical, continuation of 2:38’s terms.
• Messianic Promise, Righteousness, Holy/Saints terminology reused exactly from baseline (3:14,20-21) — no new doctrine-risk beyond what is already governed.

Acts 4 — Peter and John before the Council; Believers’ Boldness

• Apostolic Authority and Miracles (4:7–33, “by what power or what name”) — High. First extended treatment of adhikāraḥ against Sanhedrin authority.
• Persecution and Bold Witness (4:13–31) — High. प्रगल्भता (boldness) established as a recurring keyword here.
• Providence in the Mission’s Advance (4:28, “whatever your hand and plan had predestined to take place”) — High.
• The Church as Community (4:32–35, “had all things in common”) — Medium.

Acts 5 — Ananias and Sapphira; Apostles before the Council

• Spiritual Conflict and Occult Power (5:3, “why has Satan filled your heart”) — High. First occurrence of शैतानः; establishes the never-असुरः rule.
• Apostolic Authority and Miracles (5:12, signs and wonders) — High.
• Persecution and Bold Witness (5:17–42, imprisonment, Gamaliel’s counsel) — High.

Acts 6 — Appointment of the Seven; Stephen Seized

• The Church as Community (6:1–6, deacons/service) — Medium. सेवा/सेवकः established here, distinguished from Vaiṣṇava temple-image sevā.
• Law (विधिः) and Holy (पवित्रम्) terminology reused exactly (6:13) — no new doctrine beyond baseline.

Acts 7 — Stephen’s Speech and Martyrdom

• Persecution and Bold Witness (7:54–60, first Christian martyrdom) — High. Establishes the pattern of bold witness unto death that recurs through the book.
• Inspiration of Scripture and Fulfillment of Prophecy (Stephen’s historical recital of Moses, the prophets) — High, reviewed, consistent with ch.1–3 treatment; no new terminological risk.

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

• Persecution and Bold Witness (8:1–3, “a great persecution”) — High.
• Spiritual Conflict and Occult Power (8:9–24, Simon Magus) — High. First extended sorcery narrative; इन्द्रजालम्/कुहकम् established, never माया; हस्तार्पणम् (laying on of hands) contrasted with Simon’s mechanical/magical misunderstanding.
• Repentance and Baptism (8:36–38, Ethiopian eunuch’s baptism) — Critical.
• The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles (8:4,12,25 - Samaritan mission, precursor to full Gentile inclusion in ch.10) — High, reviewed as continuity/foreshadowing.

Acts 9 — Saul’s Conversion; Ananias and Saul; Peter’s Miracles

• Conversion of Paul (9:1–22) — Critical. First occurrence of “the Way” (पन्थाः, 9:2) and the Damascus-road encounter.
• Repentance and Baptism (9:18, Saul’s baptism) — Critical.
• Divine Calling and Election (9:15, “a chosen instrument,” वरणस्य पात्रम्) — High.

Acts 10 — Cornelius and Peter’s Vision

• The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles (10:1–48) — High. The Cornelius narrative in full; अशुद्धम्/सामान्यम् vs. शुद्धम् established here.
• Unity of Jews and Gentiles (10:34–35, “God shows no partiality”) — High.
• Household Salvation and Family Inclusion (10:2, Cornelius’ devout household) — Medium.
• The Holy Spirit and Pentecost (10:44–47, Spirit falls on Gentiles — “Gentile Pentecost”) — Critical.

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

• The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles (11:1–18, Peter’s defense before the Jerusalem church) — High.
• The Church as Community (11:22,26, Antioch congregation; “Christians” first named) — Medium.
• Mutual Edification and Encouragement (11:23, Barnabas exhorts) — Low.

Acts 12 — Herod’s Persecution; Peter’s Deliverance; Herod’s Death

• Persecution and Bold Witness (12:1–5, James executed, Peter imprisoned) — High.
• Providence in the Mission’s Advance (12:23, Herod struck down) — High. Must be distinguished from impersonal karmaphala — this is a personal divine judicial act, not automatic karmic consequence.

Acts 13 — Paul and Barnabas Commissioned; First Missionary Journey Begins; Paul’s Sermon at Antioch

• The Spirit’s Guidance of the Church (13:2, “the Holy Spirit said”) — Critical. First occurrence of the Spirit’s direct corporate-guidance speech.
• Justification apart from the Law (13:38–39) — Critical. Must be lexically identical to Romans 3:28.
• The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles (13:46–48, turning to the Gentiles) — High.
• Inspiration of Scripture and Fulfillment of Prophecy (13:27,33) — High.
• Divine Calling and Election (13:48, “as many as were appointed to eternal life”) — High.
• Spiritual Conflict and Occult Power (13:6–11, Elymas the sorcerer) — High.

Acts 14 — Ministry in Iconium and Lystra; Return to Antioch

• Idolatry and the Living God (14:11–18, “the gods have come down”) — Critical. First occurrence of the Lystra near-collision with avatāra logic; must be distinguished from Bhagavad Gītā 4.7–8’s periodic-descent doctrine even in this pre-Areopagus, popular-reaction form.
• Persecution and Bold Witness (14:19–22, Paul stoned) — High.
• The Church as Community (14:23,27, appointing elders, reporting to the church) — Medium.

Acts 15 — The Jerusalem Council

• Justification apart from the Law (15:1–29) — Critical. Circumcision controversy; must not read as one more संस्कार merit-rite.
• The Spirit’s Guidance of the Church (15:28, “it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us”) — Critical.
• Unity of Jews and Gentiles (15:9, “made no distinction”) — High.
• Mutual Edification and Encouragement (15:32) — Low.

Acts 16 — Timothy Joins; Lydia’s Conversion; the Philippian Jailer

• Repentance and Baptism (16:31–33, “believe…and you will be saved,” jailer’s household baptism) — Critical. Must be cross-checked against Romans 10:9 per baseline consistency rule.
• Household Salvation and Family Inclusion (16:31–34) — Medium.
• Spiritual Conflict and Occult Power (16:16–18, divining spirit) — High. First occurrence requiring भूतः/प्रेतः, never आत्मा, for the possessing spirit.

Acts 17 — Thessalonica, Berea, and the Areopagus

• Idolatry and the Living God (17:16–31) — Critical. The book’s most extended and philosophically explicit polemic; मिथ्यादेवप्रतिमा (never bare मूर्तिः/प्रतिमा) and अज्ञातदेवः established here; 17:28’s “in him we live and move and have our being” requires the contingent-creature-vs-Creator gloss against Advaitic self-Absolute identity.
• Eschatological Judgment (17:31, “he has fixed a day”) — High.

Acts 18 — Corinth; Aquila and Priscilla; Apollos

• Household Salvation and Family Inclusion (18:8, Crispus and his household) — Medium, reviewed, continuity with ch.10/16.
• The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles — High, reviewed, continuity; no new terminological risk in this chapter.

Acts 19 — Ephesus: Disciples of John, Sons of Sceva, the Riot

• The Holy Spirit and Pentecost (19:1–6, Ephesian disciples receive the Spirit) — Critical.
• Repentance and Baptism (19:3–5) — Critical.
• Spiritual Conflict and Occult Power (19:11–20, sons of Sceva, burning of magic scrolls) — High. Reinforces इन्द्रजालम्/कुहकम्, never माया.

Acts 20 — Paul’s Farewell to the Ephesian Elders

• The Church as Community (20:17,28, elders/overseers charged to shepherd) — Medium. प्राचीनः, अध्यक्षः, पालकः (never गोपालः/गोपः) all anchored here.
• Mutual Edification and Encouragement (20:1–2) — Low.

Acts 21 — Paul’s Journey to Jerusalem; Warnings of Suffering

• The Spirit’s Guidance of the Church (21:11, Agabus’ prophetic warning) — Critical, continuity with 13:2/15:28.
• Holy/Saints, Law terminology reused exactly (21:20,24,28) — no new doctrine risk.

Acts 22 — Paul’s Defense before the Jerusalem Crowd

• Conversion of Paul (22:3–21, Paul’s own retelling) — Critical.
• Repentance and Baptism (22:16, “wash away your sins,” πάρωαश्चालय) — Critical. Compounds the baptism risk with a literal-washing verb; must not be read as Gaṅgā-snāna-style repeatable ritual bathing.

Acts 23 — Paul before the Sanhedrin; Plot against Paul’s Life

• Resurrection of Christ (23:6–8, Pharisee/Sadducee dispute over the resurrection) — Critical. This chapter is the explicit textual anchor for the registry’s note that resurrection was a live intra-Jewish doctrinal fault line; the fixed rendering पुनरुत्थानम् is unaffected but the historical-controversy context should be preserved in translator notes.
• महासभा (never न्यायसभा) established/reinforced here for “council/Sanhedrin.”

Acts 24 — Paul before Felix

• Eschatological Judgment (24:25, “righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come”) — High.
• Thanksgiving and Fellowship (24:3) — Low.

Acts 25 — Paul before Festus and Agrippa (Appeal to Caesar)

• Reviewed — no new doctrine beyond continuity of Persecution and Bold Witness (High, ongoing trial narrative) and Apostolic Authority (Paul’s legal self-defense as an aspect of his commissioned witness). No new term-level risk introduced in this chapter; all relevant terms (महासभा, कैसरः, साक्षी) already governed.

Acts 26 — Paul’s Defense before Agrippa

• Conversion of Paul (26:9–18, Paul’s fullest retelling, “light from heaven”) — Critical.
• Resurrection of Christ (26:23) — Critical, continuity.
• Spiritual Conflict and Occult Power (26:18, “from the power of Satan to God”) — High.

Acts 27 — The Voyage and Shipwreck

• Providence in the Mission’s Advance (27:23–24, angelic reassurance amid the storm) — High.
• Thanksgiving and Fellowship (27:35, Paul gives thanks before the crew eats) — Low.

Acts 28 — Malta; Arrival in Rome; Closing Summary

• The Great Commission Fulfilled (28:23,31) — High. Closes the 1:8/28:31 bracket; अप्रतिबद्धम् प्रचारयन् (“preaching…without hindrance”) is the book’s final doctrinal note and must retain the unhindered, universal-reach claim.
• Inspiration of Scripture and Fulfillment of Prophecy (28:23,25, citing Isaiah) — High, continuity.
• Thanksgiving and Fellowship (28:15) — Low.

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Part C — Cross-Book Consistency Anchors (repeated from 08_core_glossary.md for reviewer convenience)

Acts passage	Romans companion passage	Doctrine	Requirement
Acts 2:21	Romans 10:13	Universal salvation confession (Joel 2:32)	Verbatim-consistent rendering required
Acts 13:39	Romans 3:28	Justification apart from the Law	Terminology must match exactly
Acts 15:11	Romans 3:24	Saved by grace	Terminology must match exactly
Acts 16:31	Romans 10:9	”Believe…and be saved”	Terminology must match exactly
Acts 4:12	Romans 10:12–13	Exclusivity + universality of salvation	Both claims preserved without softening either

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Part D — Full-Book Coverage Confirmation

All 28 chapters of Acts have been explicitly reviewed above. Every Critical- and High-risk doctrine in doctrine_risk_registry.json is traced to its full set of supporting Acts passages, matching the registry’s own primary-passage lists exactly, with no doctrine, tier, or review-routing value altered or newly introduced. Chapters contributing no new doctrinal or terminological content beyond established continuity (notably ch. 18 and ch. 25) are explicitly marked “reviewed” rather than omitted, per the FULL-BOOK COVERAGE mandate. This document is ready to be loaded alongside 08_core_glossary.md and the baseline Romans Language Package for Phase 2 Acts segment translation.

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Critical Risk Doctrines

The Holy Spirit and Pentecost

Sanskrit name: पवित्र आत्मा पेण्टेकोस्तपर्व च
Key terms: holy spirit, filled with the Spirit, poured out, tongues, wind, fire
Review routing: Human theologian

Inherits the baseline’s single highest-stakes risk in intensified form: Pentecost narrates the Spirit’s personal indwelling of many individuals simultaneously (2:4), which an Advaita-trained reader could hear as a corporate realization of ātman-Brahman non-difference (per the mahāvākyas) rather than the distinct third Person’s sovereign self-gift. ‘Poured out’ (2:17-18) additionally risks a ritual-libation reading (Vedic soma-pouring, tarpaṇa) rather than God’s own initiative.

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The Spirit’s Guidance of the Church

Sanskrit name: आत्मना निर्दिष्टः मण्डलीनिर्णयः
Key terms: the Holy Spirit said, it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us, set apart
Review routing: Human theologian

Confirms the Spirit’s active, personal, corporate guidance of concrete church decisions. Risk of reduction to an impersonal collective consensus, or — given the ātman-Brahman collision already Critical in the baseline — of being heard as the community achieving a shared realization of its own true Self rather than receiving guidance from a distinct divine Person.

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Deity and Lordship of Christ

Sanskrit name: ख्रीष्टस्य ईश्वरत्वं प्रभुत्वं च
Key terms: Lord, God has made him Lord and Christ, Son of Man, right hand of God
Review routing: Human theologian

2:36’s declarative ‘made…Lord and Christ’ risks an adoptionist misreading — that Jesus became divine only at this moment — which must be explicitly countered as enthronement/installation language, not divine promotion. Continues the baseline’s प्रभुः-over-ईश्वरः Advaita-subordination-to-māyā caution.

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Resurrection of Christ

Sanskrit name: ख्रीष्टस्य पुनरुत्थानम्
Key terms: raised, resurrection, not abandoned to Hades, incorruption
Review routing: Human theologian

Continues the baseline’s Critical resurrection doctrine. NEVER पुनर्जन्म, which names Sāṃkhya-Yoga/Vedānta’s precise transmigration mechanism (karmāśaya, liṅga-śarīra). Acts 23:6-8 additionally shows this was a live intra-Jewish (Pharisaic vs. Sadducean) doctrinal position, which should be noted without altering the fixed rendering.

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Repentance and Baptism

Sanskrit name: पश्चात्तापः बाप्तिस्मः च
Key terms: repent, be baptized, forgiveness of sins, wash away your sins
Review routing: Human theologian

The single most doctrinally load-bearing new terminological decision in this curriculum. बाप्तिस्मः (transliterated) must never collapse into स्नानम् (the actively practiced Hindu devotional act of ritual purificatory river-bathing, e.g. Gaṅgā-snāna) or दीक्षा (guru-lineage initiation transmitting esoteric authority). पश्चात्तापः must be distinguished from dharmaśāstra’s prescribed prāyaścitta ritual penance. Acts 22:16’s ‘wash away your sins’ compounds this risk with a verb of literal washing.

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Conversion of Paul

Sanskrit name: पौलस्य परिवर्तनम्
Key terms: the Way, chosen instrument, light and darkness, power of Satan
Review routing: Human theologian

‘The Way’ (पन्थाः, never मार्गः) is the Christian movement’s own proper self-designation and must not be assimilated to the Bhagavad Gītā’s three named soteriological mārgas (jñāna-, bhakti-, karma-mārga) as though Christianity were one path among several converging on a shared goal.

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Justification apart from the Law

Sanskrit name: विधिं विना धर्मीति निर्णयः
Key terms: justified by faith, saved through grace, circumcision not required, law
Review routing: Human theologian

13:39 and 15:11 are Luke’s direct narrative confirmation of Paul’s Romans argument and must be lexically identical in rendering to the corresponding Romans verses (3:28; 3:24). The circumcision controversy (ch. 15) risks a संस्कार (dharmaśāstra life-rite) misreading if mistranslated, which would reframe circumcision as one more merit-rite rather than the specific covenant sign this very chapter denies is necessary for salvation.

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Idolatry and the Living God

Sanskrit name: मिथ्यादेवपूजा जीवन् सर्वेश्वरश्च
Key terms: idols, unknown god, living God, gods came down in human form
Review routing: Human theologian

The single highest-stakes doctrine for this Language Package’s stated inter-religious-dialogue audience. Unqualified मूर्तिः/प्रतिमा must never be used for ‘idols,’ since these are the standard, positively-valenced terms for consecrated devotional images within living Hindu temple worship (mūrti-pūjā); बिना qualification, Paul’s specific philosophical polemic (Creator vs. manufactured object) would instead read as a blanket condemnation of an entire living devotional tradition. The Lystra crowd’s assumption that ‘the gods have come down in human form’ (14:11) is a striking narrative near-collision with avatāra theology’s own logic (Bhagavad Gītā 4.7-8).

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High Risk Doctrines

The Gospel to Jews and Gentiles

Sanskrit name: यहूदी-अन्यजातीय-सुसमाचारः
Key terms: Gentiles, unclean/common, God-fearer, circumcision
Review routing: Human theologian

The Cornelius narrative’s declaration ‘what God has made clean, do not call common’ directly parallels — and for this audience will likely be heard as directly addressing — caste-based commensality and food-purity restrictions in dharmaśāstra literature (e.g. Manusmṛti). Must not be softened.

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Unity of Jews and Gentiles

Sanskrit name: यहूद्यानाम् अन्यजातीयानां च ऐक्यम्
Key terms: no distinction, everyone who believes, all who call
Review routing: Human theologian

Continues the baseline’s High-risk doctrine with Acts’ own narrative demonstrations. Directly challenges varṇa-based ritual and spiritual hierarchy embedded in classical dharmaśāstra social theory; must retain unqualified universality.

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Apostolic Authority and Miracles

Sanskrit name: प्रेषितानाम् अधिकारः चिह्नानि च
Key terms: signs and wonders, authority, laying on of hands, in the name of Jesus
Review routing: Human theologian

Signs and wonders must never be rendered सिद्धि, the Yoga Sūtra 3 catalogue of supernatural attainments earned through disciplined yogic practice — these are divinely bestowed confirmations of a delegated commission, not achieved powers. अधिकारः positively echoes Mīmāṃsā’s ritual-eligibility concept but must be explicitly reframed as authority delegated by Christ, not earned ritual qualification restricted by status.

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Persecution and Bold Witness

Sanskrit name: उपद्रवः प्रगल्भं साक्ष्यं च
Key terms: witness, persecution, boldness, martyred
Review routing: Human theologian

साक्षी (witness) positively echoes dharmaśāstra’s legal-witness procedure but is also the Advaita Vedānta technical term for witness-consciousness (sākṣicaitanya) identified with ātman/Brahman. Every occurrence describing apostles as ‘witnesses’ must be understood as active, verbal, historically-anchored testimony to external events, categorically different from Advaita’s passive, non-agentive witnessing-awareness.

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The Great Commission Fulfilled

Sanskrit name: मिशनस्य पूर्तिः
Key terms: witnesses to the ends of the earth, unhindered, kingdom of God
Review routing: Human theologian

The 1:8/28:31 bracket structure is the book’s own doctrinal capstone; must retain the unstoppable, universal-reach claim of the gospel’s advance without triumphalist tone, consistent with this Language Package’s scholarly/dialogical (not lay-mission-field) audience.

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Spiritual Conflict and Occult Power

Sanskrit name: शैतानः इन्द्रजालं दुष्टभूताः च
Key terms: Satan, sorcery, magic, divining spirit, unclean spirit
Review routing: Human theologian

Satan must never be rendered असुरः, which names an entire Puranic/Vedic anti-god mythological class with its own independent narrative tradition rather than a single personal fallen spiritual being. Sorcery/magic must never be rendered माया, Advaita Vedānta’s central term for the phenomenal world’s provisionally-real, illusory nature. All possessing/divining spirits must use भूतः/प्रेतः/दुष्टभूतः, never आत्मा, to prevent any drift toward collapsing spirit-language into the ātman-Brahman identity already flagged Critical for the Holy Spirit.

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Eschatological Judgment

Sanskrit name: अन्तिमविचारणा
Key terms: day of the Lord, judgment to come, resurrection of the dead
Review routing: Human theologian

Must be taught as a singular, linear, non-repeating judgment event, never assimilated to the Purāṇic pralaya (the periodic cosmic dissolution and re-creation at the close of a kalpa). ‘Judgment’ vocabulary deliberately avoids both न्याय (the Nyāya darśana’s proper name) and दण्ड (dharmaśāstra’s royal-punishment science, daṇḍanīti).

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Divine Calling and Election

Sanskrit name: आह्वानं वरणं च
Key terms: called, chosen instrument, foreknowledge, appointed
Review routing: Human theologian

Continues the baseline’s Critical/High calling-and-election doctrine with Acts’ own narrative instances, especially Paul’s commissioning (9:15, ‘a chosen instrument’). God’s sovereign initiative must not be softened toward an impersonal karma-determined destiny (daiva) reading.

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Inspiration of Scripture and Fulfillment of Prophecy

Sanskrit name: शास्त्रप्रेरणा भविष्यवाण्याः पूर्तिः च
Key terms: it is written, the prophet said, this was to fulfill
Review routing: Human theologian

Continues the baseline’s structural contrast between apauruṣeya Vedic revelation (eternal, uncreated, merely perceived by ṛṣis) and biblical inspiration (a personal God moving specific human authors at specific historical points), and between linear historical fulfillment and the cyclical four-yuga cosmology.

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Ascension and Exaltation of Christ

Sanskrit name: ख्रीष्टस्य ऊर्ध्वगमनम् उन्नतिश्च
Key terms: ascended, taken up, exalted, right hand of God
Review routing: Human theologian

Must be distinguished from the Mahābhārata motif of a righteous hero’s bodily ascent to svarga as a reward for accumulated virtue (e.g. Yudhiṣṭhira’s ascension in the Mahāprasthānika Parva); Christ’s ascension is a unique exaltation tied to his eternal, pre-existent Sonship and Lordship, not a merit-earned reward.

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Providence in the Mission’s Advance

Sanskrit name: मिशनकार्ये परमेश्वरस्य विधानम्
Key terms: definite plan and foreknowledge, angel of the Lord, all things work together
Review routing: Human theologian

Continues the baseline’s High-risk Providence doctrine with Acts’ own narrative instances of God’s personal governance over both the crucifixion’s circumstances and the mission’s advance through persecution and shipwreck. Never कर्मफलम् (impersonal karmic causal law) or दैव (fate).

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Medium Risk Doctrines

The Church as Community

Sanskrit name: मण्डली-सामुदायिकता
Key terms: fellowship, had all things in common, breaking of bread, elders, deacons
Review routing: Native speaker review

Voluntary, love-motivated sharing of property must be distinguished from dharmaśāstra’s joint-family property law and from the maṭha (guru-lineage monastic institution) structure; leadership titles (प्राचीनः, अध्यक्षः) are deliberately chosen to avoid Buddhist/Jain monastic-elder titles (स्थविरः).

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Household Salvation and Family Inclusion

Sanskrit name: कुटुम्बत्राणम्
Key terms: you and your household will be saved, his whole household believed
Review routing: Native speaker review

Must not be read as automatic collective merit-transfer to household members irrespective of personal faith; each family member’s inclusion still follows the same faith-based pattern established elsewhere in Acts, not a joint-family karma-pooling assumption.

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Low Risk Doctrines

Thanksgiving and Fellowship

Sanskrit name: धन्यवादः सहभागिता च
Key terms: gave thanks, fellowship, shared meals
Review routing: Automated review

Standard vocabulary reused exactly from the baseline; minor risk of over-ritualization only.

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Mutual Edification and Encouragement

Sanskrit name: परस्परोन्नतिः प्रोत्साहनं च
Key terms: exhorted, encouraged, strengthened the disciples
Review routing: Automated review

Reuses the baseline’s context-sensitive उत्तेजनम्/विनयः distinction (edification vs. entreaty); no significant doctrinal risk.