Passage
Romans 8
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Glossary Term
Abba
Aramaic term of intimacy preserved in Romans 8:15.
ROM.8.15, ROM.8.23
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Glossary Term
Adoption
Full legal son-status with inheritance rights.
ROM.8.15, ROM.8.23
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Doctrine
Adoption into God's Family
Filipino adoption custom is culturally well understood; the emphasis needed is that this sonship is full, permanent, and comes with complete inheritance rights.
ROM.8.15, ROM.8.23
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Doctrine
Assurance of Salvation
Assurance rests on God's unchanging character and Christ's finished work, not on the ongoing performance of sacramental obligations.
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
Noun form for the act/state of being called; standard term.
ROM.8.28-30
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Doctrine
Christian Identity in Christ
Identity is located in union with Christ, not in denominational affiliation or frequency of sacramental participation.
ROM.8.1
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Doctrine
Divine Calling
God's personal call should be distinguished from swerte/kapalaran (luck/fate), a common folk-fatalistic framing.
ROM.8.28-30
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Doctrine
Effectual Calling
God's sovereign call that secures the salvation of the called; not swerte/kapalaran (luck/fate).
ROM.8.28-30
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Glossary Term
Election
God's sovereign personal choice, not swerte/kapalaran (luck/fate), common folk-fatalistic framing for how life outcomes are determined.
ROM.8.28-30
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Glossary Term
Father
God as personal, relational Father.
ROM.8.15, ROM.8.23
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Doctrine
Incarnation
Risk here is devotional localization: intense attachment to specific miraculous images (the Santo Niño) can shift focus from the historical incarnation to a particular statue's perceived power.
ROM.8.3
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Glossary Term
Incarnation
The eternal Son taking on human nature, once, in history.
ROM.8.3
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Glossary Term
Intercession
CRITICAL: Pamamagitan ng mga santo (intercession of the saints), praying through Mary or a particular saint as a go-between for specific needs, is a central and extremely common devotional practice in Filipino folk Catholicism.
ROM.8.26-27
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Glossary Term
Peace
In Romans 5:1, relational peace with God through justification, not merely the absence of conflict.
ROM.8.6
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Doctrine
Peace with God
Relational, covenantal peace secured through justification; comparatively low syncretism risk.
ROM.8.6
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Doctrine
Prayer and Intercession
CRITICAL: Pamamagitan ng mga santo (intercession of the saints and Mary as a go-between for specific needs) is a central, extremely common devotional practice.
ROM.8.26-27
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Doctrine
Providence
God's personal, purposive, loving care; never reduced to bahala na (fatalistic resignation).
ROM.8.28-30
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Glossary Term
Providence
God's personal, purposive, loving care; never reduced to bahala na, the Filipino fatalistic-resignation posture of simply letting outcomes happen without expecting a personal, purposive Governor behind them.
ROM.8.28-30
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Glossary Term
Resurrection
Bodily, historical, once-for-all resurrection; already clearly affirmed in Filipino Catholic catechesis, giving this term comparatively lower syncretism risk than in this Language Package's other languages.
ROM.8.11
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Doctrine
Resurrection of Christ
Already clearly affirmed in Filipino Catholic catechesis, including the widely observed Easter (Pasko ng Pagkabuhay) tradition; comparatively low doctrinal risk.
ROM.8.11
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Glossary Term
Son Of God
Full phrase required.
ROM.8.3, ROM.8.29
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Doctrine
Sonship of Christ
Eternal, unique Sonship; teaching should keep Christ's Sonship central against competing devotional attention.
ROM.8.3, ROM.8.29