# Doctrinal threads

*The sacred/historical equivalent of THEMES.md. Theological themes, moral teachings, prophetic patterns, and doctrinal claims the text makes or embodies.*

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## {{DOCTRINE_NAME}}

**Position:** {{POSITION}} (affirmed, disputed, developed, implicit)
**Tradition alignment:** {{TRADITION_ALIGNMENT}}
**Scope:** {{SCOPE}} (central, peripheral, contested)

### The claim
{{CLAIM}}

### How the text establishes it
{{METHOD}}
*(Narrative example, direct teaching, parable, legal code, prophetic declaration, lived practice of a figure, contrast with an opposing view.)*

### Where it surfaces
{{APPEARANCES}}
*(Specific units/passages where this doctrine is presented, challenged, refined, or reinforced.)*

### Related doctrines
{{RELATED}}

### Counter-positions in the text
{{COUNTER_POSITIONS}}
*(Views the text argues against, or that characters/figures in the text hold before being corrected.)*

### Pastoral application
{{APPLICATION}}
*(If this is a devotional, commentary, or sermon -- how this doctrine is meant to shape the reader's life or practice.)*

### Historical-critical notes
{{HISTORICAL_NOTES}}
*(For scholarly work -- development of this doctrine, disputed interpretations, relationship to adjacent traditions.)*

### Scholarly disputes
{{DISPUTES}}
*(Which commentators/schools disagree about this doctrine and how.)*

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*Drafter agents check this file to avoid contradicting established doctrines when drafting passages. `/scr:doctrinal-check` flags any unit that contradicts or undermines an affirmed doctrine without explicit intent.*