Passage

Romans 12

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, not caste, tribe, or accumulated karmic-spiritual status.

  ROM.12.5

• Glossary Term

  Church

  NEVER নামঘৰ -- this is the specific Ekasarana Dharma prayer-house institution (Sankardev's congregational innovation, itself historically a genuine functional parallel to a congregation, but a distinct religious institution).

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  New covenant community, not a ritual institution modeled on the Namghar/Satra structure or a caste-segregated assembly.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Must not be confused with the Satra tradition's monastic renunciation (celibate bhakats who withdraw from ordinary life within a Satra institution).

  ROM.12.1-2

• Doctrine

  Spiritual Gifts

  Spirit-given enablements, not merit-earned boons (বৰ) granted for austerity or devotion.

  ROM.12.6-8

• Glossary Term

  Spiritual Gifts

  বৰ alone carries the Puranic sense of a boon granted for austerity or devotion; always pair with আত্মিক (spiritual) to mark it as a Spirit-given enablement, not an earned or bargained-for boon.

  ROM.12.6-8