Passage
Romans 8
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Glossary Term
Abba
Aramaic term of intimacy preserved as 'Abba, Vader' in the Statenvertaling and all modern Dutch translations (Romans 8:15).
ROM.8.15, ROM.8.23
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Glossary Term
Adoption
Statenvertaling's classic phrase, more formal than modern 'adoptie' which now defaults to the legal child-adoption process.
ROM.8.15, ROM.8.23
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Doctrine
Adoption into God's Family
Full son-status with complete inheritance rights; the Statenvertaling phrase preserves this better than modern bare 'adoptie'.
ROM.8.15, ROM.8.23
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Doctrine
Assurance of Salvation
Assurance grounded in God's unchanging character and sovereign election; a historically significant pastoral category in Dutch Reformed 'bevindelijke' (experiential) piety, which sometimes emphasizes introspective assurance-seeking that this curriculum should balance with Romans' own confident tone.
ROM.8.1, ROM.8.28-39
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Glossary Term
Called
Context-sensitive: in 1:1 = called to apostleship; in 1:7 = called to be saints; in 8:28-30 = effectual calling to salvation.
ROM.8.28-30
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Glossary Term
Calling
'Roeping' is also the ordinary Dutch word for career/life calling ('onderwijzer is mijn roeping'), a homonym-flattening risk similar to German 'Berufung'.
ROM.8.28-30
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Doctrine
Christian Identity in Christ
Identity located in union with Christ, not denominational or cultural heritage identity.
ROM.8.1
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Doctrine
Divine Calling
'Roeping' collides with the ordinary secular career-vocation sense, requiring context to keep the divine-initiative meaning clear.
ROM.8.28-30
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Doctrine
Effectual Calling
CRITICAL, the single most Dutch-specific doctrinal flashpoint in this registry: the Canons of Dort (1618-19) formulated the definitive Reformed position on unconditional election directly against the Dutch Remonstrants, making this doctrine unusually foundational to Dutch Reformed identity.
ROM.8.28-30
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Glossary Term
Election
CRITICAL, the most Dutch-specific doctrinal flashpoint in this glossary: the Canons of Dort (Dordtse Leerregels, Synod of Dordrecht 1618-19) formulated the definitive Reformed position on unconditional election directly against the Dutch Remonstrants (followers of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius).
ROM.8.28-30
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Glossary Term
Father
God as personal Father.
ROM.8.15, ROM.8.23
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Doctrine
Incarnation
Well-established doctrinal term; risk is register choice (vleeswording vs.
ROM.8.3
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Glossary Term
Incarnation
Reformed Dutch tradition prefers this vivid native compound (cf.
ROM.8.3
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Glossary Term
Intercession
Standard liturgical term across Dutch Protestant and Catholic traditions.
ROM.8.26-27
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Glossary Term
Peace
In Romans 5:1, relational peace with God through justification, not merely psychological calm.
ROM.8.6
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Doctrine
Peace with God
Relational, covenantal peace through justification, not psychological calm.
ROM.8.6
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Doctrine
Prayer and Intercession
Direct access to God in Christ's name; Dutch usefully distinguishes 'voorbede' from Catholic 'voorspraak' (saints'/Mary's advocacy), lowering ambiguity risk relative to French or Italian.
ROM.8.26-27
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Doctrine
Providence
Personal, purposive divine care; Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 27-28 gives Reformed-catechized readers strong prior vocabulary, though secularized readers will lack this.
ROM.8.28-30
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Glossary Term
Providence
Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 27-28 formally defines 'de voorzienigheid Gods', giving Reformed-catechized Dutch readers unusually precise prior vocabulary, though secularized readers outside that tradition will lack this grounding.
ROM.8.28-30
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Glossary Term
Resurrection
Bodily, historical, once-for-all event; no competing reincarnation folk-concept in Dutch culture.
ROM.8.11
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Doctrine
Resurrection of Christ
Bodily, historical, once-for-all event; chief risk is secular naturalism reading it as metaphor.
ROM.8.11
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Glossary Term
Son Of God
CRITICAL: full phrase required, conveying eternal, unique Sonship.
ROM.8.3, ROM.8.29
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Doctrine
Sonship of Christ
CRITICAL: eternal, unique Sonship, not adoptive or metaphorical sonship as in ordinary human adoption.
ROM.8.3, ROM.8.29