"affirms_strongly — Dogma since Lateran IV. The substance changes while the accidents (appearance) remain. This is the Catholic church's definitive explanation of the Real Presence."

"affirms_strongly — Dogma since 1854 (Ineffabilis Deus). Mary was preserved from original sin from the moment of her conception by a singular grace of God."

"affirms_strongly — Dogma since 1950 (Munificentissimus Deus). Mary was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory at the end of her earthly life."

"rejects — Infant baptism is the norm. Baptism regenerates and incorporates into the Church. Emergency baptism of infants is a serious pastoral concern."

• Apostolic SuccessionSTRONG
  Historic episcopate — tactile line of consecration from the apostles.
• Assumption of MarySTRONG
  Pius XII, Munificentissimus Deus (1950)
• Homosexual practice and biblical sexual ethicsweak
  Same-sex marriage authorization implies moral affirmation.
• Immaculate ConceptionSTRONG
  Pius IX, Ineffabilis Deus (1854)
• Infant Baptismstandard
  Westminster XXVIII; Book of Concord SC IV; Council of Trent Session VII; Wesleyan Articles Art. XVII
• Infant BaptismSTRONG
  Westminster XXVIII; Book of Concord SC IV; Council of Trent Session VII; Wesleyan Articles Art. XVII
• Marriage as one man and one womanSTRONG
  Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4–6; historic universal Christian teaching.
• Permissibility of divorce and remarriageweak
  Matthew 19:9 (adultery ground); 1 Corinthians 7:15 (abandonment ground). Practice varies.
• Perpetual Virginity of MarySTRONG
  Second Council of Constantinople (553); universal patristic reception
• Real PresenceSTRONG
  Trent; Book of Concord (sacramental union); Chrysostom liturgy; 39 Articles Art. XXVIII
• TheotokosSTRONG
  Council of Ephesus (431)
• TransubstantiationSTRONG
  Council of Trent, Session XIII (1551)
• Women in pastoral / ordained officeweak
  Various denominational actions (TEC 1976, ELCA 1970s, PC(USA) 1956, AG 1935, CofE 1994 priests / 2014 bishops, etc.)

• Assumption of Maryweak
  Universal Protestant rejection — not attested in Scripture; not received as dogma.
• Believer's Baptismstandard
  Baptism practiced once, infant primary (RCC Trent; Orthodox catechism)
• Homosexual practice and biblical sexual ethicsSTRONG
  Romans 1:26–27; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; historic universal Christian teaching.
• Immaculate Conceptionstandard
  Universal Protestant + Orthodox rejection. Orthodox reject on the grounds that they hold prepurification at the Annunciation, not conception.
• Marriage as one man and one womanweak
  PC(USA) 2015; ELCA 2009; TEC 2015; UMC 2024. Same-sex marriage authorized in polity.
• Permissibility of divorce and remarriageSTRONG
  Marriage is indissoluble; annulment (declaration of invalidity) is the only recourse (CCC 1650).
• Perpetual Virginity of Maryweak
  Natural reading of Matthew 13:55–56 (brothers of Jesus); typical modern Baptist / evangelical position.
• Transubstantiationstandard
  Orthodox reject the Aristotelian metaphysics; Lutherans use 'sacramental union'; 39 Articles Art. XXVIII rejects explicitly; Reformed/Baptist reject substance-change.
• Women in pastoral / ordained officeSTRONG
  1 Timothy 2:12; 1 Corinthians 14:34; historic apostolic practice.

• Apostolic Successionweak
  Lutheran and Methodist bodies retain 'succession of doctrine' language without the tactile chain.
• Believer's Baptismweak
  Paedobaptist bodies practice adult baptism on credible profession where infant baptism was omitted, but do not consider it normative.
• Pacifism vs. just-warweak
  Default just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
• Pacifism vs. just-warweak
  Default just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
• Real Presenceweak
  Calvin's spiritual presence (genuinely present but not physically) is neither strong affirm nor deny; Anglican/Methodist typically hold a receptionist view.
• Theotokosweak
  Confessionally valid title (Ephesus is a received council) but not used devotionally; retained in liturgy where liturgy is retained.