Source registries
The project tracks two independent witness layers: apostolic-reference sources and historical commentary / patristic witnesses.
Historic Reformed sources remain the editorial home tradition, while patristic, Roman Catholic, and broader Protestant sources are retained as comparison witnesses rather than controlling authorities.
Apostolic-reference source registry
Candidate references are initially assembled from source-layer metadata and then tested with secondary witness evidence and manual editorial review.
Tradition: calvinistic-baptist
John Gill
priorityWeight: 70
notes: Expansive commentary lens on doctrinal and typological links.
Tradition: canonical Scripture
New Testament Usage
priorityWeight: 100
notes: Attestation source for explicit New Testament quotation, citation formula, and strong apostolic use. This records the canonical linkage without reproducing copyrighted source text.
Tradition: historic church witness
Luke 24 Library Witness
priorityWeight: 74
notes: Attestation source for proof-text or doctrinal witness evidence drawn from Luke 24 Library Resource sections. These witnesses support study trails but do not automatically prove apostolic OT-to-NT usage.
Tradition: historic-reformed
Westminster Annotations
priorityWeight: 85
notes: Early Reformed annotations tradition, used as a conservative witness layer.
Tradition: historically Reformed editorial review
Luke 24 Editorial Curated Seed
priorityWeight: 95
notes: Small hand-curated starter layer for reviewed OT-to-NT links. This records editorial classification only and does not reproduce commentary text.
Tradition: nineteenth-century-protestant-reference-guide
David McCalman Turpie, The Old Testament in the New
priorityWeight: 90
notes: Structured OT-in-NT quotation index evidence used for reviewed direct quotation and citation promotion. Evidence records remain distinct from broad cross-reference candidates.
source URL: https://archive.org/details/oldtestamentinne00turp
Tradition: Protestant cross-reference
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge / OpenBible
priorityWeight: 20
notes: Machine-assembled candidate layer with broad candidate mappings.
source URL: https://www.openbible.info/
Tradition: puritan-reformed
John Owen on Hebrews
priorityWeight: 88
notes: Specialist witness for Hebrews and covenant/typology links.
Matthew Poole
priorityWeight: 78
notes: Puritan-era annotations with strong NT-OT linkage awareness.
Tradition: reformation-reformed
Geneva Bible Notes
priorityWeight: 65
notes: Early Protestant marginalia and note tradition.
Tradition: reformed
John Calvin
priorityWeight: 92
notes: Patristic-level influence in this dataset comes through later Reformed summaries.
Tradition: reformed-protestant
Matthew Henry
priorityWeight: 62
notes: Homiletic witness often useful for theological orientation, not exact lexical equivalence.
Tradition: scottish-presbyterian
John Brown of Haddington
priorityWeight: 60
notes: Classic dictionary-style witness useful for candidate expansion and disputed cases.
Commentary / patristic witness registry
This layer adds historical reception witnesses and grouped comparison traditions. It is intentionally summary-first (citations and short witness notes, not full text reproduction).
Tradition family: anglican
Ellicott Commentary
notes: Anglican witness for broader comparison.
Tradition family: baptist
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
notes: Calvinistic Baptist witness used for broader doctrinal comparison.
Tradition family: broad-protestant
Albert Barnes' Notes
notes: Accessible modern evangelical commentary for cross-checking language-level links.
Adam Clarke Commentary
notes: Methodist/Wesleyan tradition witness, useful as broader Protestant comparator.
Geneva Bible Notes
notes: Early Protestant marginal note tradition, used for comparison with Reformed witnesses.
source URL: https://www.ccel.org
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary
notes: Broad Protestant comparison source with many OT/NT note correspondences.
The Pulpit Commentary
notes: Broad Protestant exposition set used for non-governing comparison.
Tradition family: lutheran
Bengel's Gnomon
notes: Lutheran witness with concise lexical and doctrinal notes.
Tradition family: methodist-wesleyan
John Wesley’s Notes on the Bible
notes: Methodist devotional commentary witness for broader comparison.
Tradition family: patristic
Ante-Nicene Fathers
notes: Patristic anthology preserving theological reception prior to Nicaea.
source URL: https://www.ccel.org
Athanasius, On the Incarnation
notes: Early doctrinal witness for christological interpretation of OT language.
Augustine, Expositions and Sermons
notes: Patristic reception witness with interpretive and doctrinal framing.
John Chrysostom Homilies
notes: Sermonic witness with occasional OT usage motifs.
Cyril of Alexandria, Commentaries
notes: Patristic theological witness; often Christological and ecclesial in framing.
Against Heresies
notes: Early recapitulation and OT-NT theological continuity witness.
Jerome, Commentary and Letters
notes: Patristic witness with close text work and OT reception references.
Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho and related works
notes: Early Christian reception of OT prophecy and messianic motifs.
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series
notes: Patristic and creedal texts, useful for reception history comparisons.
source URL: https://www.ccel.org
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series
notes: Patristic and post-Nicene texts with theological commentary and doctrinal usage.
source URL: https://www.ccel.org
Origen, Commentary on ... (select texts)
notes: Major early witness, especially typological and allegorical reception.
Tertullian, On the Resurrection and Tracts
notes: Patristic witness with occasional citation and moral-ecclesial framing.
Tradition family: reformed-puritan
John Brown's Self-Interpreting Bible Notes
notes: Supplemental lexical and theological witness used where OT/NT links are debated.
John Owen, Commentary on Hebrews
notes: Specialist witness for Hebrews and covenant/typological connections.
source URL: https://www.biblestudytools.com
Matthew Poole's Annotations
notes: Major Reformed annotations tradition with OT/NT linkage summaries.
source URL: https://www.ccel.org
Westminster Annotations
notes: Classic Westminster exegetical stream with conservative OT/NT linkage summaries.
Tradition family: roman-catholic
Catena Aurea
notes: Catholic/medieval comparison witness, not a controlling editorial layer.
source URL: https://www.ccel.org
Haydock Catholic Bible Notes
notes: Roman Catholic footnote and doctrinal witness, included for comparison.
Cornelius à Lapide
notes: Roman Catholic commentary witness for broader comparison.
Doctrinal witness registry
Confessional and conciliar sources are a separate layer from apostolic-reference and commentary data. They model formal doctrinal summary usage and should not be treated as direct apostolic evidence.
Tradition family: anglican
Thirty-Nine Articles
notes: Anglican confessional framing for key doctrinal loci and Scripture proof.
Tradition family: continental-reformed
Belgic Confession
notes: Continental Reformed confessional framing for Scripture and covenantal continuity.
Canons of Dort
notes: Doctrinal response with doctrinal applications around faith and perseverance.
Heidelberg Catechism
notes: Core continental Reformed confessional witness for comfort, faith, and righteousness by grace.
Tradition family: ecumenical-creed
The Apostles’ Creed
notes: Used in comparative confessional context for Christology, incarnation, and resurrection affirmations.
source URL: https://www.ccel.org
Athanasian Creed
notes: A post-Nicene doctrinal symbol with high Christological density.
source URL: https://www.ccel.org
Chalcedonian Definition
notes: Confessional source for incarnation and union theology terminology.
source URL: https://www.ccel.org
Nicene Creed
notes: Primary creedal witness for Trinitarian and Christological proof-text culture.
source URL: https://www.ccel.org
Tradition family: lutheran
Apology of the Augsburg Confession
notes: Lutheran defense text with explanatory creedal-style proof structures.
Augsburg Confession
notes: Lutheran confessional reference for sacramental and christological interpretation.
Luther’s Large Catechism
notes: Longer Lutheran instruction text with explanatory use of OT/NT witness language.
Luther’s Small Catechism
notes: Pastoral summary text with doctrinal summaries linked to scriptural statements.
Tradition family: methodist-wesleyan
Wesley’s Articles of Religion
notes: Methodist doctrinal witness useful for comparison, not the project’s controlling tradition.
Wesley’s Notes (doctrinal placeholder)
notes: Placeholder methodological grouping for comparison summaries.
Tradition family: reformed-baptist
1689 London Baptist Confession
notes: Historic Reformed Baptist standard preserving Calvinistic proof-text orientation.
Tradition family: reformed-presbyterian
Westminster Confession of Faith
notes: Primary Reformed standard text for comparison and doctrinal synthesis.
Westminster Larger Catechism
notes: Systematic Q&A witness for proof-text and doctrinal linkage discussion.
Westminster Shorter Catechism
notes: Reformed confession with concise doctrinal statements used in historical comparison.
Tradition family: roman-catholic
Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent
notes: Roman Catholic conciliar source for doctrinal comparison and historical contrast.
Catechism of the Council of Trent
notes: Roman Catholic doctrinal witness for comparison of sacramental and soteriological language.
Source roles and reuse guidance
- Apostolic-reference source roles: candidate-source, reformed-witness, devotional-witness, specialist-witness, supplemental-witness, modern-audit, editorial.
- Commentary/Patristic roles: primary-reformed, reformed-witness, patristic-witness, catholic-witness, protestant-comparison, specialist-witness, supplemental-witness.
- Reuse guidance states include quote-ok, paraphrase-only, citation-only, verify-before-reuse, and do-not-reuse. Guidance is tracked per source and witness.
- Doctrinal documents also carry reuse guidance and comparison role metadata.
- Public-domain historical status does not automatically permit reuse: verified digital status and reuse guidance are enforced before reuse.
Doctrine registry context
The doctrinal registry is grouped by tradition family and includes ecumenical creeds, Reformed confessional standards, Lutheran/Anglican/Methodist sources, and Roman Catholic comparison material.