Passage

Romans 6

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, not in Azerbaijani national identity, which is widely (though not universally, given the country's secular Soviet legacy) fused with cultural Shia Muslim identity in popular usage.

  ROM.6.1-11

• Doctrine

  Grace

  Unmerited favor apart from saleh əməllər (righteous deeds).

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  Lütf conveys unearned favor apart from merit.

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Holy

  Müqəddəs = set apart for God, morally pure; the established term across Azerbaijani religious registers, shared with but not exclusive to Islamic usage.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Holy Spirit

  CRITICAL: 'Ruh əl-Qüds,' the same phrase, is widely explained in Islamic commentary (Sunni and Shia alike) as referring to the archangel Cəbrail assisting Jesus, not a co-equal divine Person.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Resurrection

  CRITICAL: Must affirm real bodily death followed by bodily resurrection.

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

  CRITICAL: Qur'an 4:157 denies Jesus actually died on the cross.

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy, distinguished from ritual purification (paklanma) and from shrine-centered devotional practice.

  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 Sufi-influenced asceticism or shrine-centered devotion (ziyarat, ocaq veneration) practiced in Azerbaijani folk religion.

  ROM.6.22