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  "term": "pride",
  "slug": "pride",
  "letter": "P",
  "entry_type": "doctrine",
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  "aliases": [],
  "short_definition": "pride is a biblical and theological term that names a real doctrine, condition, or aspect of God's work.",
  "simple_one_line": "In Christian theology, pride means a biblical and theological term that names a real doctrine, condition, or aspect of God's work.",
  "tooltip_text": "Biblical doctrine or theological term.",
  "lede_intro": "Pride is a doctrinal category that should be defined from the passages that establish it, located within the biblical storyline, and stated with clear theological limits.",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "Pride is a biblical and theological term that names a real doctrine, condition, or aspect of God's work. This doctrine should be read from the passages that establish it and kept distinct from nearby theological claims.",
  "at_a_glance_key_points": [
    "Pride should be defined from the biblical texts that establish it rather than from slogan-level shorthand alone.",
    "It belongs within the larger witness of Scripture and the history of redemption, so related doctrines must be distinguished carefully.",
    "A sound account states what this doctrine affirms, what it does not require, and why it matters for the church's teaching, worship, and discipleship."
  ],
  "description_academic_short": "Pride is a biblical and theological term that names a real doctrine, condition, or aspect of God's work. As a doctrine, it should be stated from the passages that establish it and distinguished carefully from adjacent theological claims.",
  "description_academic_full": "Pride is a biblical and theological term that names a real doctrine, condition, or aspect of God's work. This doctrine should be defined from the passages that establish it, located within the larger storyline of Scripture, and stated with care in relation to nearby doctrines. Responsible use clarifies what the term affirms, what limits belong to it, and why it matters for the church's teaching, worship, and discipleship.",
  "background_biblical_context": "pride belongs to Scripture's account of sin and moral ruin and should be read from the fall through judgment and redemption rather than as a free-floating negative concept. Its background begins with rebellion against God's word in Eden and unfolds through covenant transgression, idolatry, bondage, guilt, judgment, and the need for redemption, so the doctrine belongs to the Bible's account of fall and rescue.",
  "background_historical_context": "Historically, discussion of pride received sustained treatment when theologians needed precise doctrinal language rather than merely devotional paraphrase. From patristic debate through medieval synthesis, Reformation polemics, and modern dogmatics, the term helped mark distinctions, preserve scriptural claims, and stabilize theological instruction.",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": null,
  "key_texts_primary": [
    "Tit. 3:3",
    "Col. 3:5-9",
    "Ps. 51:1-5",
    "Eph. 2:1-3",
    "Rom. 7:14-25"
  ],
  "key_texts_secondary": [
    "Jas. 1:14-15",
    "Heb. 3:12-13",
    "Mark 7:20-23",
    "Ps. 58:3"
  ],
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  "original_language_terms": [],
  "theological_significance": "pride matters because doctrinal precision in this area protects the church’s speech about God, the gospel, the church, or the last things and helps prevent distortions that spill into neighboring doctrines.",
  "philosophical_explanation": "Philosophically, Pride functions as a bridge between exegesis and dogmatic reasoning. Discussion usually turns on conceptual scope, doctrinal location, and the difference between helpful clarification and speculative overextension. Its philosophical value lies in making doctrinal reasoning more exact while keeping the underlying scriptural claims primary.",
  "interpretive_cautions": "With pride, resist treating one later theological synthesis as if it exhausted the biblical data. Read the doctrine through the church's scriptural and theological distinctions about divine unity, persons, attributes, and works, preserving mystery without turning revealed language into speculation or philosophical reduction. State the doctrine at the level of what Scripture and responsible historical theology can warrant, and name secondary disputes as secondary rather than turning them into tests the text itself does not impose.",
  "major_views_note": "Pride has a broadly shared doctrinal center, but traditions differ over its precise definition, theological location, and practical implications. The main points of disagreement concern how the category should be defined in relation to sin, virtue, freedom, habit, and the renewing work of grace.",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "Pride should be defined by the scriptural burden it actually carries, not by a slogan, party marker, or imported philosophical abstraction. It must not be inflated beyond the texts that warrant it, but neither should it be thinned into a merely emotive or metaphorical label. The point is to let pride guard a real doctrinal boundary while still leaving room for legitimate intramural distinctions in explanation and emphasis.",
  "practical_significance": "Practically, the doctrine of pride should shape how the church worships, teaches, and lives before God. It keeps the church honest about the depth of human rebellion and weakness, which matters for repentance, accountability, humility, and the need for grace.",
  "related_entries": [],
  "see_also": [],
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