Draft: Speaking in Tongues — What Changes Without Acts? #18

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Summary

First article in the UPDV topic impact series. Examines how the exclusion of Acts and Mark 16:9-20 shifts the understanding of the doctrine of speaking in tongues.

57% of Thompson Chain references for "Tongues" are in excluded passages
All narrative accounts of tongues (Pentecost, Cornelius, Ephesus) removed with Acts
Paul's full theological teaching in 1 Corinthians 12-14 survives intact
Scholarly distinction between xenolalia (Acts) and glossolalia (1 Corinthians) means removing Acts removes the only evidence for intelligible tongues
15 footnotes citing UBS Handbooks, ICC, Calvin, Tyndale, Pulpit Commentary

Review

Article reviewed using qwen-3-30b-a3b for bias detection — see comment below.

Conventions

ASV (public domain) for excluded passage quotes
UPDV for surviving passage quotes
Footnoted citations from library resources

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## Summary First article in the UPDV topic impact series. Examines how the exclusion of Acts and Mark 16:9-20 shifts the understanding of the doctrine of speaking in tongues. - **57% of Thompson Chain references** for "Tongues" are in excluded passages - All narrative accounts of tongues (Pentecost, Cornelius, Ephesus) removed with Acts - Paul's full theological teaching in 1 Corinthians 12-14 survives intact - Scholarly distinction between xenolalia (Acts) and glossolalia (1 Corinthians) means removing Acts removes the only evidence for intelligible tongues - 15 footnotes citing UBS Handbooks, ICC, Calvin, Tyndale, Pulpit Commentary ## Review Article reviewed using qwen-3-30b-a3b for bias detection — see comment below. ## Conventions - ASV (public domain) for excluded passage quotes - UPDV for surviving passage quotes - Footnoted citations from library resources 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)