How we write at TeoCentro
What you find at TeoCentro is the result of a process of research on primary sources, quality system and bias control. This page explains how it works.
Our sources
All articles cite the sources used. The main documentary bases are:
The process in 3 steps
Research on primary sources
Every article begins from original and orthodox sources. We use artificial intelligence tools to accelerate the collection and correlation of texts from Sefaria, NewAdvent and other documentary databases. The relevant texts are analysed, compared and studied.
Quality system
Content satisfies all criteria of the quality system based on six criteria: depth of sources, soundness of citations, distinction between reported information and interpretations, coverage of divergent positions, fidelity to original sources and thematic relevance.
Bias control
Content is analysed to limit the presence of tendentious selection of information or significant omissions. When an interpretation is not univocal, when it is a hypothesis, one possibility among several positions, or a documented fact, this is made explicit. The objective is objectivity and clarity: the reader must be able to distinguish between what sources report and what is interpretation.
How it works in practice: a real case
Article: Immaculate Conception — meaning, dogma of 1854 · In-depth review: 15 May 2026
The four critical points identified
- Systematic gap — no rabbinic/Tannaim source on a soteriological topic (required by the historical-halakhic method)
- Interpretation as fact — the Latin category reatus presented as a universal biblical category, without the Semitic range ḥeṭ / ʿavon / pesha vs hamartia Greek
- Structural anachronism — the dogma of 1854 projected onto the historical Mary of the 1st century without reconstructing the halakhic context in which she lived
- Confessional selection — kecharitōmenē (Lk 1:28) treated without the ḥen of Old Testament election as a structural precedent
The intervention: additive, not reductive
No content removed. The Catholic dogma remains fully expounded. Contextualising intervention: added the Semitic range, the ḥen of Gn 6:8 as a structural precedent for kecharitōmenē, and a new section "Mary in Second Temple Judaism" with six Sefaria-verified sources (b. Berakhot 60b, Pirqei Avot 3:1, m. Niddah 5:3, Gn 6:8, Lv 12:6, Lk 1:6). Four confessional positions exposed as such: Latin Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Protestant Reformation, historical-exegetical criticism.
Documentary chain example
Claim: "Mary was conceived immune from sin as a singular privilege."
- Textual datum: Lk 1:28 kecharitōmenē (perfect passive participle, NA28) → completed state of grace
- Hebrew substrate: ḥen of Gn 6:8 = individual election by favour, not ontological immunity; neshamah tehorah (b. Berakhot 60b) = universal purity of every soul at birth
- Dogmatic development: Duns Scotus 1308 potuit, decuit, ergo fecit → redemptio praeservativa (scholastic hypothesis, not exegetical datum)
- Definition: Pius IX 1854, Ineffabilis Deus (Catholic magisterial act)
- Counter-position: Lossky 1944 — the dogma isolates Mary from solidarity with redeemed humanity (Eastern Orthodox reading)
Between the textual datum (1) and the dogmatic definition (4) lie scholastic inferences (3) that other Christian traditions do not accept. This is what we make traceable.
What we do not publish
- ✕Articles that do not pass the quality control system
- ✕Information not verified against primary sources
- ✕Content without author or publication date
- ✕Texts in which it is not possible to trace every piece of information to its original source
Work in progress
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Constructive criticism, corrections and proposals are welcome: this site is a work in progress.