Passage
Romans 10
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Doctrine
Evangelism
Culturally sensitive given Assam's history of mission-era tension between Hindu-Assamese identity and Christianized tribal populations; use language of proclamation and witness, not confrontational framing.
ROM.10.14-15
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Doctrine
Faith
Personal trust in Christ specifically, not the devotional surrender (bhakti) practiced toward any chosen deity within the Ekasarana naam tradition.
ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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Glossary Term
Faith
Personal trust placed in a specific object (Christ/God); must always be tied to its object in context.
ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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Doctrine
Fulfillment of Prophecy
Linear historical fulfillment (OT to NT), not the cyclical cosmic pattern in which a deity repeatedly descends age after age to restore dharma.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Gentiles
Non-Jews; established Bible Society term.
ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Gospel
Must be distinguished from ordinary good news or an Ekasarana Dharma naam-proclamation.
ROM.10.15-16
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Glossary Term
Gospel
Established Assamese Bible Society (ABS) term, shared with the Bengali-Assamese Christian tradition.
ROM.10.15-16
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Glossary Term
Intercession
Prayer offered on behalf of others through a single mediator, Christ.
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Israel
Proper name; established Bible Society form.
ROM.10.12
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Glossary Term
Jesus
Assamese Bible Society standard form, in continuous use since the 1819 Serampore Assamese New Testament.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Glossary Term
Justification
Compound phrase required; no single Assamese word carries the forensic 'declared righteous' sense.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Glossary Term
Law
Torah/Mosaic law.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Lord
Established Assamese Christian term.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Lordship of Christ
CRITICAL: Romans 10:9 -- 'Jesus is Lord' is the salvation confession.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Prayer and Intercession
Direct access to God in Christ's name; distinguish from ritual worship (puja) directed at an image or from petitions channeled through a Satradhikar.
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Prophecy
God-inspired declaration, distinct from astrological calculation (গণনা).
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Righteousness
CRITICAL: Never ধৰ্ম -- in Assamese as in Hindi/Bengali this denotes cosmic/social duty (and in the Ekasarana context, the specific religious order founded by Sankardev).
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Doctrine
Salvation
CRITICAL: Never মুক্তি or মোক্ষ.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Glossary Term
Salvation
CRITICAL: NEVER মুক্তি or মোক্ষ -- both denote liberation from the cycle of rebirth (সংসাৰ), the goal shared across Assamese Vaishnavite, Shaivite, and Shakta practice.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Doctrine
Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Directly challenges caste and ethnic spiritual hierarchy still present in Assamese Hindu social structure.
ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Universal Scope of the Gospel
No caste, tribal, or ethnic barrier to the gospel.
ROM.10.12-13