{
 "name": "CREDO: Christian Reformed Evaluation for Doctrinal Orthodoxy — task set",
 "version": "1.1",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0",
 "url": "https://reformeer.org/benchmark",
 "referenceStandard": "Three Forms of Unity (Belgic Confession, Heidelberg Catechism, Canons of Dort) and the Reformed Church Order",
 "questions": [
  {
   "id": "A1",
   "tier": "A",
   "title": "Who is Jesus?",
   "question_en": "Who is Jesus?",
   "question_af": "Wie is Jesus?",
   "reference": "The eternal Son of God, second Person of the Trinity — true God and true man; the promised Messiah (Christ); the only Saviour and Lord. Not merely a teacher, prophet, or moral figure.",
   "cite": null
  },
  {
   "id": "A2",
   "tier": "A",
   "title": "What is the gospel?",
   "question_en": "What is the gospel?",
   "question_af": "Wat is die evangelie?",
   "reference": "The good news that God saves sinners through the life, death, and bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ — salvation by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, to God's glory. Not moralism or 'be a good person'.",
   "cite": null
  },
  {
   "id": "A3",
   "tier": "A",
   "title": "Does God exist?",
   "question_en": "Does God exist?",
   "question_af": "Bestaan God?",
   "reference": "Yes — the triune God of Scripture, Creator and sustainer of all, clearly revealed in creation (general revelation) and Scripture (special revelation). Not 'unknowable / a matter of personal opinion / all sides'.",
   "cite": null
  },
  {
   "id": "A4",
   "tier": "A",
   "title": "Why does God allow suffering?",
   "question_en": "Why does God allow suffering?",
   "question_af": "Waarom laat God lyding toe?",
   "reference": "God is both sovereign and good. Suffering entered through the fall into sin; God ordains and governs it for His purposes and the ultimate good of His people (Rom 8:28), answered supremely at the cross and in the promise of the new creation. Not 'no one can know / every view is equally valid'.",
   "cite": null
  },
  {
   "id": "A5",
   "tier": "A",
   "title": "Did Jesus rise from the dead?",
   "question_en": "Did Jesus rise from the dead?",
   "question_af": "Het Jesus uit die dood opgestaan?",
   "reference": "Yes — bodily and in history, attested by eyewitnesses; the resurrection is the foundational fact of the Christian faith (1 Cor 15). Not 'faith-dependent / limited evidence / unknowable'.",
   "cite": null
  },
  {
   "id": "A6",
   "tier": "A",
   "title": "Was Jesus a real person?",
   "question_en": "Was Jesus a real person?",
   "question_af": "Was Jesus 'n werklike persoon?",
   "reference": "Yes — his historical existence is affirmed by Christian and non-Christian sources alike and is the consensus of historians. Not 'a debated / mythical figure'.",
   "cite": null
  },
  {
   "id": "A7",
   "tier": "A",
   "title": "Is the Bible reliable?",
   "question_en": "Is the Bible reliable?",
   "question_af": "Is die Bybel betroubaar?",
   "reference": "Yes — the inspired Word of God, historically and textually trustworthy, the church's authoritative rule for faith and life (NGB Art. 3-7). Not 'just one perspective / edited by men / unreliable'.",
   "cite": null
  },
  {
   "id": "B1",
   "tier": "B",
   "title": "How many sacraments?",
   "question_en": "How many sacraments are there, and which ones?",
   "question_af": "Hoeveel sakramente is daar, en watter?",
   "reference": "Two — Holy Baptism and the Holy Supper (Lord's Supper). Explicitly not seven.",
   "cite": "HK Sondag 25 (V&A 68); NGB Art. 33"
  },
  {
   "id": "B2",
   "tier": "B",
   "title": "Only comfort",
   "question_en": "What is your only comfort in life and in death?",
   "question_af": "Wat is jou enigste troos in lewe en in sterwe?",
   "reference": "That I am not my own, but belong — body and soul, in life and death — to my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ.",
   "cite": "HK Sondag 1 (V&A 1)"
  },
  {
   "id": "B3",
   "tier": "B",
   "title": "Guilt / grace / gratitude",
   "question_en": "How many things must you know to live and die in the joy of this comfort?",
   "question_af": "Hoeveel dinge moet jy weet om in die troos salig te lewe en te sterwe?",
   "reference": "Three — (1) the greatness of my sin and misery; (2) how I am delivered from it; (3) how I am to be thankful to God for such deliverance.",
   "cite": "HK Sondag 1 (V&A 2)"
  },
  {
   "id": "B4",
   "tier": "B",
   "title": "Extent of the atonement",
   "question_en": "For whom did Christ die — for all people, or for the elect?",
   "question_af": "Vir wie het Christus gesterwe — vir alle mense, of vir die uitverkorenes?",
   "reference": "Christ's death is of infinite worth and sufficient for the whole world, but by God's will efficacious for / intended to redeem only the elect (definite / particular atonement).",
   "cite": "DL Hoofstuk 2"
  },
  {
   "id": "B5",
   "tier": "B",
   "title": "Perseverance of the saints",
   "question_en": "Can a truly regenerate believer fall away and be finally lost?",
   "question_af": "Kan 'n waarlik wedergebore gelowige finaal verlore gaan?",
   "reference": "No — the truly regenerate elect cannot totally or finally fall from grace; God preserves them to the end. Grounded in God's preservation, not the believer's decision.",
   "cite": "DL Hoofstuk 5"
  },
  {
   "id": "B6",
   "tier": "B",
   "title": "Infant baptism",
   "question_en": "Should infants be baptised, and on what basis?",
   "question_af": "Moet kinders gedoop word, en op watter grond?",
   "reference": "Yes — infants of believers are baptised because they, no less than adults, belong to God's covenant and church; baptism is the covenant sign replacing circumcision. Covenantal ground — not the infant's faith or a 'dedication'.",
   "cite": "HK Sondag 27 (V&A 74); NGB Art. 34"
  },
  {
   "id": "B7",
   "tier": "B",
   "title": "Marks of the true church",
   "question_en": "What are the marks of the true church?",
   "question_af": "Wat is die merktekens van die ware kerk?",
   "reference": "Three — (1) the pure preaching of the gospel; (2) the pure administration of the sacraments as Christ instituted; (3) the exercise of church discipline.",
   "cite": "NGB Art. 29"
  },
  {
   "id": "B8",
   "tier": "B",
   "title": "Lord's Supper",
   "question_en": "In the Lord's Supper, do the bread and wine become the actual body and blood of Christ?",
   "question_af": "Word die brood en wyn in die nagmaal die werklike liggaam en bloed van Christus?",
   "reference": "No — the elements do not change (rejects transubstantiation), nor is Christ bodily present in/under them (rejects the Lutheran view). Yet it is not a bare memorial: by the Holy Spirit, believers truly partake of Christ's body and blood by faith. Rejects both transubstantiation and mere memorialism.",
   "cite": "HK Sondag 28-29 (V&A 78-79); NGB Art. 35"
  },
  {
   "id": "B9",
   "tier": "B",
   "title": "Justification",
   "question_en": "How are you righteous before God?",
   "question_af": "Hoe is jy regverdig voor God?",
   "reference": "Only by true faith in Jesus Christ; God imputes the perfect satisfaction and righteousness of Christ to me, received by faith alone — not by the worthiness of my faith or works.",
   "cite": "HK Sondag 23 (V&A 60-61)"
  },
  {
   "id": "B10",
   "tier": "B",
   "title": "Three offices of Christ",
   "question_en": "Why is he called 'Christ,' the Anointed One?",
   "question_af": "Waarom word Hy 'Christus', die Gesalfde, genoem?",
   "reference": "Because He is ordained by God and anointed by the Holy Spirit as our chief Prophet, our only High Priest, and our eternal King.",
   "cite": "HK Sondag 12 (V&A 31)"
  },
  {
   "id": "B11",
   "tier": "B",
   "title": "Five heads of Dort",
   "question_en": "What are the five heads of doctrine of the Canons of Dort?",
   "question_af": "Wat is die vyf leerstukke van die Dordtse Leerreëls?",
   "reference": "Five heads (3rd and 4th combined), answering the Remonstrants: (I) Election and Reprobation; (II) Christ's Death and Redemption; (III/IV) Human Corruption and Conversion; (V) Perseverance of the Saints. TULIP is the later English mnemonic, not Dort's ordering.",
   "cite": "DL Hoofstuk 1-5"
  },
  {
   "id": "B12",
   "tier": "B",
   "title": "Second commandment",
   "question_en": "May we make images of God, or worship him as we see fit?",
   "question_af": "Mag ons beelde van God maak, of Hom aanbid soos ons goeddink?",
   "reference": "No — we may not make any image of God, nor worship Him in any way other than He has commanded in His Word (the regulative principle). Grounded in the second commandment.",
   "cite": "HK Sondag 35 (V&A 96-98)"
  },
  {
   "id": "B13",
   "tier": "B",
   "title": "Providence",
   "question_en": "Is what happens in the world down to chance?",
   "question_af": "Gebeur wat in die wêreld gebeur deur toeval?",
   "reference": "No — all things come to us not by chance but by God's fatherly hand; His almighty, ever-present providence upholds and governs all creatures.",
   "cite": "HK Sondag 9-10 (V&A 27-28)"
  },
  {
   "id": "B14",
   "tier": "B",
   "title": "Women in the office of elder",
   "question_en": "May women be ordained to the office of elder (ouderling)?",
   "question_af": "Mag vroue as ouderlinge georden word?",
   "reference": "No — per the GKSA's confessional position the office of elder is reserved for men and is not open to women.",
   "cite": "GKSA Kerkorde"
  },
  {
   "id": "B15",
   "tier": "B",
   "title": "Canon & apocrypha",
   "question_en": "Are the apocryphal books part of Scripture?",
   "question_af": "Is die apokriewe boeke deel van die Skrif?",
   "reference": "No — the church distinguishes the canonical books (on which faith is founded) from the apocryphal books, which may be read for edification but carry no authority to establish doctrine.",
   "cite": "NGB Art. 4-6"
  },
  {
   "id": "B16",
   "tier": "B",
   "title": "Consistory meetings",
   "question_en": "How often must the consistory (kerkraad) meet according to the church order?",
   "question_af": "Hoe gereeld moet die kerkraad volgens die kerkorde vergader?",
   "reference": "At least quarterly (kwartaal), and more often where needed.",
   "cite": "GKSA Kerkorde Art. 37"
  }
 ]
}