Passage

Romans 6

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

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

  ROM.6.1-11

• Doctrine

  Grace

  Unmerited favor cuts against two live currents at once: traditional Bathou/Kherai offerings understood as reciprocal exchange for divine protection, and Brahma Dharma's reformed merit-based ethic.

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  CRITICAL: a descriptive compound meaning roughly 'freely-given gift' is required because both live comparative frameworks pull toward a transactional reading: traditional Bathou practice offers goods to Bathoubwrai and the Kherai pantheon in exchange for protection and prosperity (a reciprocal do-ut-des logic), while Brahma Dharma's reformed ethic frames divine favor in terms of accumulated पुण्य (merit).

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Holy

  पबित्र (an Assamese/Sanskrit loan) conveys moral purity and being set apart for God.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Holy Spirit

  CRITICAL: पबित्र आत्था must always be used in full.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Resurrection

  CRITICAL: a descriptive phrase ('turning back to life') avoids फिन जोनोम, the rebirth/reincarnation vocabulary that entered Bodo religious discourse through Brahma Dharma's Hindu-influenced reform teaching.

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

  CRITICAL: bodily, historical, once-for-all resurrection, not फिन जोनोम (rebirth), a rebirth/reincarnation concept absorbed into Bodo religious discourse through Brahma Dharma's Hindu-influenced reform teaching.

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy; distinct from the external, occasional ritual purification performed before Bathou and Kherai ceremonies.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy; distinct from the household and courtyard cleansing rites that precede Bathou and Kherai ceremonies, which are ritual/external rather than internal and moral.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• 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.6.22