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 | 15 | Human theologian | Grace, Sanctification, Church as God’s People, Universal Scope of the Gospel, Unity of Jews and Gentiles |
| Medium | 13 | Native speaker review | Gospel, Faith, Divine Calling, Apostleship, Sainthood, Kingdom Mission |
| Low | 5 | Automated review only | Thanksgiving, Mutual Edification, Christian Fellowship, Mission to the Nations, Evangelism |
Why this distribution differs from other Language Packages in this pipeline
Telugu’s risk distribution is shifted markedly toward Medium and Low compared to this pipeline’s other Indian-language packages (13 Medium and 5 Low here, versus 7 and 3 respectively in the Hindi baseline), because Telugu’s mature, century-old Christian vocabulary carries far less live syncretism risk for most doctrines. The seven Critical doctrines remain Critical regardless of language, since they concern the person and work of Christ himself, but even several of the historically High-risk doctrines (Gospel, Faith, Mission to the Nations, Evangelism) are genuinely lower-risk here, reflecting the audience’s deep, established familiarity with Christian teaching. The one doctrine upgraded above its typical tier — Church as God’s People — is upgraded for a reason unique to Telugu: real, live denominational vocabulary variance (సంఘము vs. సభ) that a newer mission context simply would not have (see Comparative Theology).
Review routing rationale
Critical and High risk doctrines (22 of 40) require mandatory human theologian review because they either concern the person and work of Christ directly, or involve a denominational-consistency choice that only a reviewer briefed on Telugu’s specific church history would reliably catch. Native speaker review is sufficient for the unusually large Medium tier (13 of 40), where the concern is regional/dialect fit or light residual cultural sensitivity rather than doctrinal contradiction.