Passage

Romans 6

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

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

  ROM.6.1-11

• Doctrine

  Grace

  Unmerited favor directly contradicts both a karma-merit worldview and the boon-for-devotion transaction (বৰ) common in Puranic narrative.

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  Unmerited favor apart from human merit.

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Holy

  পবিত্ৰ = set apart for God, morally pure.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Holy Spirit

  CRITICAL: Never ব্ৰহ্ম (impersonal Absolute Reality of Vedantic philosophy) or পৰমাত্মা alone (universal Self).

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Resurrection

  CRITICAL: NEVER পুনৰ্জন্ম (rebirth into a new body within সংসাৰ, the rebirth cycle).

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

  CRITICAL: Bodily, once-for-all resurrection.

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's work of making believers holy, not ritual purification rites (সংস্কাৰ) or ascetic self-discipline practiced by Satra bhakats.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• 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.6.22