Doctrine Graph
The graph has no fixed centre. It opens on Abraham — the one figure every tradition in the record shares — and you can start from any node. Every edge carries its evidence, its classification and how each tradition stands on it.
Nodes, with the traditions whose texts speak of them and their number of connections.
4 edges
Priestly service is defined by the covenant under which it operates.
Tradition status: Broad agreement on dependency; consequences disputed.
Evidence: Exodus 28-29; Numbers 18; Hebrews 7:11-12 · grounded by AM-CLAIM-000188, AM-CLAIM-000190
Latter-day Saint scripture records priesthood and its keys restored by heavenly messengers.
Tradition status: Latter-day Saint; other Christian traditions deny the loss the restoration presupposes or locate authority elsewhere.
Evidence: D&C 13:1; D&C 27:12; D&C 110:11–16 · grounded by AM-CLAIM-000260, AM-CLAIM-000261
Catholic and Orthodox teaching holds that apostolic authority passes through the succession of bishops.
Tradition status: Catholic and Orthodox; rejected in most Protestant and in Latter-day Saint teaching.
Evidence: 1 Clement 42–44; Irenaeus, Against Heresies 3.3.1–3; Lumen Gentium 20 · grounded by AM-CLAIM-000272, AM-CLAIM-000273
The community of believers is called a royal priesthood.
Tradition status: Affirmed across Christian traditions; whether it excludes a ministerial priesthood is disputed.
Evidence: 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Peter 2:9; Revelation 1:6 · grounded by AM-CLAIM-000200
Every edge has evidence; affirmation and dispute are attributed separately. JSON