Work Classification Layer
Compare Works
Pick two or more works to set their attribute fingerprints, dimension-by-dimension passages, and shared school embodiments side by side. Especially useful for author-stage comparisons (Wittgenstein early vs late) and for setting a single tradition's foundational texts against each other.
On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church
Reform of the medieval sacramental system — Luther's 1520 treatise reducing the seven sacraments to the two with scriptural warrant (Baptism and the Lord's Supper)
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church (Early (1520, foundational year)) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Uni-directional |
| Space · Extent | Infinite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Space · Curvature | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Local |
| Matter · Extent | Finite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Single |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Partial |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Both |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Scripture |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Irreversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Continuous |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church
The historical-Reformation time of sacramental reform.
Space
On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church
The Christian community as the proper sacramental space.
Matter
On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church
The material elements of the sacraments — water, bread, wine — and the embodied participation of the community.
Observer
On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church
The Christian believer participating in the sacraments — embodied, plural. Personal-providential God as framework.
Energy
On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church
The sacramental energy of divine grace; the political-theological energy of Reformation.
Information
On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church
The biblical-scriptural witness to the sacraments as the determining information.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Luther's sacramental theology was the major theological controversy of the Reformation — the Marburg Colloquy (1529) with Zwingli demonstrated that even Reformers could not agree on the eucharistic presence. The Council of Trent's sacramental decrees (1547) were substantially formulated in response to Luther. The 1999 Joint Declaration on Justification (Catholic-Lutheran) and subsequent ecumenical dialogues have substantially reframed the controversy.