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 | 7 | Human theologian, every occurrence | Salvation, Incarnation, Deity of Christ, Sonship of Christ, Resurrection of Christ, Lordship of Christ, Messianic Promise |
| High | 17 | Human theologian | Gospel, Apostleship, Grace, Faith, Sainthood, Universal Scope of the Gospel, Unity of Jews and Gentiles |
| Medium | 13 | Native speaker review | Fulfillment of Prophecy, Davidic Covenant, Prayer and Intercession, Spiritual Gifts, Evangelism |
| Low | 3 | Automated review only | Thanksgiving, Mutual Edification, Christian Fellowship |
Why Deity of Christ and Incarnation cluster with the God-word decision
Deity of Christ carries an unusual dependency in this registry: its risk is directly tied to the God-word decision recorded in translation_memory.json. If கடவுள் is correctly used for God the Father but a translator drifts toward தேவன்-adjacent or avatar-flavored language for Christ’s deity, the doctrine collapses into exactly the henotheistic reading this Language Package worked to avoid at the Father level. Incarnation is Critical for a related but distinct reason: Tamil Vaishnavism’s dasavatara devotion is unusually intensely practiced, making அவதாரம் the single strongest substitution temptation of any term in this glossary.
Review routing rationale
Critical and High risk doctrines (24 of 40) require mandatory human theologian review because an automated or native-speaker-only check could confirm the Tamil is fluent without catching that it reintroduces the exact avatar or henotheistic framing this Language Package was built to avoid. Apostleship is raised above the Medium level typical elsewhere in this pipeline specifically because of the guru-collision risk and the doctrine’s regional significance given Tamil Nadu’s own apostolic-heritage claim. Native speaker review is sufficient for Medium-risk doctrines, where the concern is cultural fit and clarity rather than doctrinal contradiction.
Critical Risk Doctrines
Deity of Christ
Tamil name: கிறிஸ்துவின் தெய்வத்துவம்
Key terms: son of God, declared son, God over all
Review routing: Human theologian
CRITICAL: co-equal divine nature; connects directly to the God-word decision (கடவுள் over தேவன்) recorded in translation_memory.json — Christ’s deity must be as unambiguously monotheistic as the term used for God the Father, or the doctrine is undermined at its foundation.
Incarnation
Tamil name: தேகதாரணம்
Key terms: flesh, seed of David, son born, came in flesh
Review routing: Human theologian
CRITICAL: never அவதாரம். Tamil Vaishnavism’s devotion to the dasavatara (Vishnu’s ten avatars) is one of the most fully developed avatar theologies in South Asia, making this the single strongest word-substitution temptation in the entire Tamil glossary. தேகதாரணம் must be taught as a unique, once-for-all act of divine self-disclosure, not a recurring avatar-descent.
Lordship of Christ
Tamil name: கிறிஸ்துவின் கர்த்தத்துவம்
Key terms: lord, lord jesus, jesus is lord
Review routing: Human theologian
CRITICAL: Romans 10:9 is the salvation confession. Exclusive, supreme Lordship, established and unambiguous in Tamil Bible tradition since Ziegenbalg.
Messianic Promise
Tamil name: மேசியாவைப் பற்றிய வாக்குத்தத்தம்
Key terms: messiah, christ, anointed, promised
Review routing: Human theologian
CRITICAL: a specific Jewish Old Testament promise fulfilled exclusively in Jesus, not one of Vishnu’s ten avatars or another divine figure in a recognized lineage of incarnations.
Resurrection of Christ
Tamil name: கிறிஸ்துவின் உயிர்த்தெழுதல்
Key terms: raised, resurrection, from the dead, raised from death
Review routing: Human theologian
CRITICAL: bodily, once-for-all resurrection. உயிர்த்தெழுதல் not மறுபிறவி — a rebirth doctrine shared by both Tamil Hindu tradition and Tamil Nadu’s historically significant Jain communities.
Salvation
Tamil name: இரட்சிப்பு
Key terms: salvation, saved, save, deliverance
Review routing: Human theologian
CRITICAL: never மோட்சம் or முக்தி. Salvation is reconciliation with a personal God through Christ, not liberation from the rebirth cycle shared by Tamil Hindu and Jain frameworks.
Sonship of Christ
Tamil name: கிறிஸ்துவின் குமாரத்துவம்
Key terms: son of God, his son, God’s son
Review routing: Human theologian
CRITICAL: eternal, unique Sonship; தேவனுடைய குமாரன் required, never தெய்வப்புத்திரன் (which implies one divine offspring among many).
High Risk Doctrines
Apostleship
Tamil name: அப்போஸ்தலத்துவம்
Key terms: apostle
Review routing: Human theologian
Raised above the Medium level typical elsewhere in this pipeline for two Tamil-specific reasons: the available near-synonym குரு carries real weight in Tamil guru-sishya tradition, and Tamil Nadu’s own ancient apostolic-heritage claim (the apostle Thomas’s traditional martyrdom at Mylapore) makes teaching this doctrine correctly a matter of regional significance, not just translation accuracy.
Assurance of Salvation
Tamil name: இரட்சிப்பின் உறுதி
Key terms: nothing can separate, who shall separate, no condemnation, more than conquerors
Review routing: Human theologian
Assurance rests in God’s unchanging character, not the uncertain, gradual progress toward liberation across possibly many lifetimes assumed by Hindu and Jain frameworks.
Christian Identity in Christ
Tamil name: கிறிஸ்துவிலுள்ள கிறிஸ்தவ அடையாளம்
Key terms: in Christ, in Christ Jesus, united with Christ, dead to sin alive to God
Review routing: Human theologian
Identity located in union with Christ, not caste, ethnic heritage, or accumulated karmic status.
Divine Calling
Tamil name: தேவனுடைய அழைப்பு
Key terms: called, calling
Review routing: Human theologian
God’s sovereign, personal call must be distinguished from fatalistic idioms (தலைவிதி) and karma-determined destiny (ஊழ்வினை) common in Tamil popular thought.
Effectual Calling
Tamil name: பலனுள்ள அழைப்பு
Key terms: called, calling, election, chosen
Review routing: Human theologian
God’s sovereign call that ensures the salvation of the called; not fatalism (தலைவிதி) or karma-determined destiny (ஊழ்வினை).
Faith
Tamil name: விசுவாசம்
Key terms: faith, believe, belief, trust
Review routing: Human theologian
Personal trust in Christ; distinguish from பக்தி (bhakti), an unusually richly developed devotional category in Tamil Shaiva and Vaishnava poetic tradition.
Gospel
Tamil name: சுவிசேஷம்
Key terms: gospel, good news
Review routing: Human theologian
Must be distinguished from a generic positive announcement. The gospel is the unique proclamation of salvation through Christ crucified and risen.
Grace
Tamil name: கிருபை
Key terms: grace, unmerited, gift, given freely
Review routing: Human theologian
Tamil Sri Vaishnavism’s prapatti debate (the Tenkalai “cat-and-kitten” wholly-unconditioned grace versus the Vadakalai “monkey-and-baby” cooperative grace) offers a genuinely sophisticated point of theological comparison, but Christian grace must still be taught as received through faith in Christ’s finished work, not ritual surrender to a deity.
Humanity of Christ
Tamil name: கிறிஸ்துவின் மனிதத்துவம்
Key terms: born of the seed of David, flesh, human
Review routing: Human theologian
Real, physical human nature; not an illusion or a temporary avatar-manifestation.
Inspiration of Scripture
Tamil name: வேதவாக்கியத்தின் தெய்வீக ஏவுதல்
Key terms: scriptures, holy scriptures, prophets
Review routing: Human theologian
Distinguish God-breathed Scripture, written by human authors under divine guidance, from the Tamil Siddhar and classical devotional-poet traditions where inspired composition is understood very differently.
Power of God for Salvation
Tamil name: இரட்சிப்புக்கான தேவனுடைய வல்லமை
Key terms: power of God, God’s power
Review routing: Human theologian
வல்லமை required, never சக்தி, given Tamil Nadu’s vivid, grassroots-level village Amman goddess tradition (Mariamman, Angalamman, and others).
Providence
Tamil name: தேவனுடைய பராமரிப்பு
Key terms: all things work together, God works, foreknew, predestined, called, justified, glorified
Review routing: Human theologian
God’s personal, purposive care; never ஊழ் (the classical Tamil literary concept of fate, prominently treated in Thirukkural) or karmic law.
Sainthood (Called to be Holy)
Tamil name: பரிசுத்தவான்களாக அழைக்கப்படுதல்
Key terms: saints, holy ones, called to be holy
Review routing: Human theologian
All believers are பரிசுத்தவான்கள், not an ascetic or attained-master elite. Explicitly distinguish from சாமியார் and from சித்தர் — the Tamil Siddhar tradition of adept-mystics credited with yogic and alchemical powers is a distinctly Tamil religious category, not a generic pan-Indian ascetic image.
Separation unto God’s Service
Tamil name: தேவனுடைய ஊழியத்திற்காக பிரிக்கப்படுதல்
Key terms: set apart, separated, holy
Review routing: Human theologian
Must not be confused with the Tamil Siddhar or ascetic-renunciate ideal. Biblical separation is devotion to God while remaining fully engaged in ordinary life.
Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Tamil name: யூதர்களுக்கும் புறஜாதியாருக்கும் இடையேயான ஒற்றுமை
Key terms: Jew and Gentile, no distinction, one body, olive tree
Review routing: Human theologian
Directly challenges caste-based spiritual hierarchy. The term புறஜாதியார் (Gentiles) sits near ஜாதி (caste) in form, so translators must ensure the doctrinal point reads as ending caste distinction, not as a caste classification itself.
Universal Human Accountability
Tamil name: சர்வலோக மனித பொறுப்புடைமை
Key terms: all have sinned, no one is righteous, no distinction, all are accountable
Review routing: Human theologian
All humanity equally guilty before God undermines caste-based spiritual hierarchy, a live and politically significant claim in the Tamil Nadu context. Retain universal language without softening.
Universal Scope of the Gospel
Tamil name: சுவிசேஷத்தின் சர்வலோக பரப்பு
Key terms: everyone who believes, all who call, no distinction, Jew and Gentile
Review routing: Human theologian
No caste barrier to the gospel. This claim intersects directly with Tamil Nadu’s twentieth-century Dravidian and Self-Respect anti-caste political movements, which made caste language an unusually prominent and contested part of public discourse; retain unqualified universality.
Medium Risk Doctrines
Adoption into God’s Family
Tamil name: தேவனுடைய குடும்பத்தில் புத்திரசுவிகாரம்
Key terms: adoption, spirit of adoption, sons, children of God, abba
Review routing: Native speaker review
Full son-status with complete inheritance rights; established Tamil theological vocabulary with relatively low ambiguity.
Christ-Centered Ministry
Tamil name: கிறிஸ்து மையமான ஊழியம்
Key terms: what Christ has accomplished through me, in Christ Jesus, minister of Christ
Review routing: Native speaker review
Ministry done in Christ’s name, by his power, for his glory; not institutional prestige or denominational rivalry, both live concerns given Tamil Nadu’s dense, long-established Christian institutional landscape.
Church as God’s People
Tamil name: தேவனுடைய ஜனமாகிய சபை
Key terms: body of Christ, one body, church, saints, assembly
Review routing: Native speaker review
New covenant community, not a caste-segregated assembly or ritual institution.
Davidic Covenant
Tamil name: தாவீதின் உடன்படிக்கை
Key terms: seed of David, David, covenant
Review routing: Native speaker review
Requires Old Testament background explanation; no analogous covenantal-promise concept exists in Tamil Hindu or Jain tradition.
Evangelism
Tamil name: சுவிசேஷ ஊழியம்
Key terms: preach, proclaim, evangelize, send, how will they hear
Review routing: Native speaker review
Use language of witness and proclamation; be aware Tamil Nadu briefly enacted and then repealed an anti-conversion law (2002-2004), so residual social sensitivity around active evangelism persists in some contexts.
Fulfillment of Prophecy
Tamil name: தீர்க்கதரிசனத்தின் நிறைவேற்றம்
Key terms: prophecy, promised, foretold, scriptures say
Review routing: Native speaker review
Linear historical fulfillment (Old Testament to New Testament), not a cyclical cosmic frame drawn from Hindu or Jain cosmology.
Kingdom Mission
Tamil name: ராஜ்யத்தின் ஊழியம்
Key terms: kingdom of God, righteousness peace and joy, advance the kingdom
Review routing: Native speaker review
God’s reign advancing through the gospel, not a political or dynastic kingdom.
Mission to the Nations
Tamil name: தேசங்களுக்கான ஊழியம்
Key terms: nations, gentiles, all peoples, to the ends of the earth
Review routing: Native speaker review
Tamil Nadu has a long, socially established Protestant and Catholic mission history dating to the early 18th century; frame proclamation positively rather than assuming colonial-era baggage dominates the reader’s association.
Obedience of Faith
Tamil name: விசுவாசக்கீழ்ப்படிதல்
Key terms: obedience of faith, obedience, faith-produced obedience
Review routing: Native speaker review
Obedience flowing from faith, not generic religious-path duty (மார்க்கக் கடமை).
Peace with God
Tamil name: தேவனுடன் சமாதானம்
Key terms: peace with God, peace, peace through justification
Review routing: Native speaker review
Relational, covenantal peace secured through justification, not merely psychological calm.
Prayer and Intercession
Tamil name: ஜெபமும் பரிந்துபேசுதலும்
Key terms: prayer, intercession, pray, groan, spirit intercedes
Review routing: Native speaker review
Direct access to God in Christ’s name, distinct from temple ritual worship (பூஜை) or petitioning through a deity’s consort or attendant spirit, a common pattern in Tamil temple religion.
Sanctification
Tamil name: பரிசுத்தமாக்குதல்
Key terms: sanctification, holiness, set apart, holy living
Review routing: Native speaker review
The Spirit’s ongoing work of making believers holy; established, low-ambiguity term.
Spiritual Gifts
Tamil name: ஆவிக்குரிய வரங்கள்
Key terms: spiritual gift, gift, grace gift, measure of faith
Review routing: Native speaker review
Spirit-given enablements, not merit-earned powers or the yogic/alchemical siddhis associated with the Tamil Siddhar tradition.
Low Risk Doctrines
Christian Fellowship
Tamil name: கிறிஸ்தவ ஐக்கியம்
Key terms: fellowship, share, participate, community
Review routing: Automated review
Shared participation in Christ; established, low-ambiguity, widely used term.
Mutual Edification
Tamil name: பரஸ்பர பக்திவளர்ச்சி
Key terms: build up, edify, encourage one another, strengthen
Review routing: Automated review
Building one another up in faith; no significant doctrinal risk.
Thanksgiving
Tamil name: ஸ்தோத்திரம்
Key terms: thanksgiving, give thanks, grateful, thank God
Review routing: Automated review
Standard, warmly established term. No significant doctrinal risk.
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