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.
Romans
Justification by faith, the universality of sin, the universality of grace, and the place of Israel in God's redemptive plan — Paul's most systematic theological exposition
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Romans (Mature (Paul's most extensive and systematic letter)) |
|---|---|
| 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 | Infinite |
| 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 | Discrete |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Romans
Salvation-historical time — from the patriarchs through the giving of the law to the coming of Christ and the eschatological consummation.
Space
Romans
The Roman Empire as the immediate geographical context; the cosmic-eschatological space of God's redemptive plan.
Matter
Romans
The embodied human under sin; the embodied Christ; the resurrection body that is the hope of the Christian.
Observer
Romans
Paul as apostolic teacher; the Roman Christian community as the immediate audience; the global church across time as the broader audience.
Energy
Romans
The energy of grace through which the believer is justified; the energy of the Spirit through which the new life is enabled.
Information
Romans
The discrete propositional content of Pauline theology — justification, grace, the place of Israel — as the foundational information for Christian doctrine.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Romans 9-11 on Israel has been the subject of continuing theological controversy — supersessionist readings (the church replaces Israel) and non-supersessionist readings (Israel remains the people of God's covenant) continue to divide Christian interpretation. The Reformation's reading of Romans 3-4 (justification by faith alone) is contested by the contemporary "New Perspective on Paul" (Sanders, Dunn, Wright) which reads Paul against a different first-century Jewish background. The text's political influence — from Romans 13 on the Christian's relation to state authority — has been variously used through Christian history.