Passage

Romans 12

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity is located in union with Christ, not in denominational affiliation or frequency of sacramental participation.

  ROM.12.5

• Glossary Term

  Church

  Iglesia (the gathered body of believers) is preferred over simbahan, which in everyday usage names the physical church building and its parish institution rather than the people themselves.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  A new-covenant community, not merely the physical parish building (simbahan) or its institutional hierarchy.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Should not be confused with entering a religious vocation (pagpapari, pagmomonghe) as the primary model of devoted service; biblical separation applies to every believer in ordinary life.

  ROM.12.1-2

• Doctrine

  Spiritual Gifts

  Spirit-given enablements for service, never anting-anting (folk amulets believed to grant supernatural power).

  ROM.12.6-8

• Glossary Term

  Spiritual Gifts

  Spirit-given enablements for service; never anting-anting (folk-Catholic amulets believed to grant supernatural power or invulnerability).

  ROM.12.6-8