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Evidence audit — Augustine Luke 15 reception record

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INTERPRETATION_AUDITAUDIT_HISTINT_LUK_15_AUGUSTINE_CONF_8_3
Interpretation Dependency Profile

Reception History Only

Premises mapped: 3 · Development threads: 1

Curated chronology: c. 397–400 CE · Earliest In Curated Corpus Only

This date identifies this curated reception witness, not the historical origin of its ideas. This is not a historical-origin claim.

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Chronology boundary: “Earliest in the curated Codex corpus” is not a claim of historical origin. Missing earlier records cannot be treated as evidence that a premise did not exist.
Interpretive Evidence Audit

Documented Reception Only · Curated Pass As Reception History

Audited target: Augustine — Luke 15 as a pattern of recovered sinners and divine joy

Inference depth: Direct

Original-meaning weight: No Automatic Weight From Reception

Support review

Textual: {"rating":"NOT_THE_PRIMARY_AUDIT_QUESTION","notes":["The target record claims what the interpreter argued, not that the interpretation is Luke’s original meaning."]}

Literary: {"rating":"NOT_THE_PRIMARY_AUDIT_QUESTION","notes":["Literary merits of the interpreter’s reading require a separate current interpretive claim if promoted beyond reception history."]}

Historical Context: {"rating":"HIGH_FOR_HISTORICAL_ATTRIBUTION","notes":["The source securely documents Augustine’s use of the lost sheep, coin, and younger son as recovery/rejoicing imagery."]}

Dependencies

Type: TRADITIONAL_AUTHORITY_PREMISE

Note: Explicitly rejected as an evidentiary shortcut: historical influence or ecclesial/traditional location cannot establish original meaning.

Inferential steps

Verify the interpreter/work attribution.
Verify the cited passage-specific reading in the primary work or identified translation.
Publish it as reception history only.
Require a separate evidence audit if the reading is promoted into a current original-meaning claim.

Counterevidence review

Historical documentation can be secure even when the interpretation’s exegetical merits remain disputed.

Strongest competing case

The strongest competing case is not another historical interpreter by vote count; it is whichever current reading best explains the Scripture and contextual evidence.

Audit conclusion

Augustine’s reception is historically important, but this specific Confessions use is not a complete original-context exegesis of Luke 15.

What this audit does not establish

This audit establishes reception history, not doctrinal or exegetical correctness.
Age, fame, church office, denomination, or influence adds no truth weight.

What this does not establish

This audit establishes reception history, not doctrinal or exegetical correctness.
Age, fame, church office, denomination, or influence adds no truth weight.
Release Introduced
v55
Status
CURATED_PUBLIC