Passage

Romans 12

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, not in clan (afad) lineage, ethnic-territorial belonging, or reformed-community membership.

  ROM.12.5

• Glossary Term

  Church

  मण्डली (a Sanskrit/Assamese loan established in Bodo Christian usage) refers to the gathered assembly of believers.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  New covenant community, not a village ritual institution or a reform-movement organizational structure of the Brahma Dharma type.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Must not be confused with the ritual purity separations surrounding Kherai puja preparation, which are occasional and ceremonial.

  ROM.12.1-2

• Doctrine

  Spiritual Gifts

  Spirit-given enablements for church life; not the ritual/mediumistic power attributed to a doudini's trance abilities during Kherai puja.

  ROM.12.6-8

• Glossary Term

  Spiritual Gifts

  आत्मानि दान ('gift of the Spirit') must be kept distinct from सक्ति, the kind of ritual/mediumistic power attributed to a doudini in Kherai puja practice.

  ROM.12.6-8