Passage
Romans 10
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Doctrine
Evangelism
In a strongly laïque (secular) public culture, evangelism language must be framed as respectful proclamation and witness, not proselytizing pressure, to avoid alienating a biblically illiterate audience.
ROM.10.14-15
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Doctrine
Faith
Personal trust in Christ, not generic religious identity or affiliation with 'la religion'.
ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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Glossary Term
Faith
In secular French, 'la foi' can drift toward generic religiosity or 'la religion' as an institutional label.
ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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Doctrine
Fulfillment of Prophecy
Linear historical fulfillment (OT to NT); no competing cyclical worldview in French culture, but low OT literacy among biblically unchurched readers requires explicit cross-referencing.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Gentiles
'Païens' carries a pejorative 'uncivilized/irreligious' connotation in modern French stronger than the neutral original sense.
ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Gospel
Stable term shared across Catholic and Protestant French Bibles; the term itself is not disputed, though biblical illiteracy in a secularizing France means the content of 'the gospel' can no longer be assumed as common knowledge.
ROM.10.15-16
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Glossary Term
Gospel
Shared, stable term across Catholic and Protestant French Bibles (Segond, TOB, Bible de Jérusalem).
ROM.10.15-16
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Glossary Term
Intercession
Catholic devotional practice of 'intercession des saints' is a major category in French Catholic piety; must distinguish the Spirit's and Christ's unique heavenly intercession (Romans 8:26-27, 34) from saint or Marian intercession.
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Israel
Contemporary Middle East politics and France's significant Jewish community make it easy for readers to conflate biblical Israel (the covenant people) with the modern nation-state; keep the referent historical/theological in this curriculum.
ROM.10.12
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Glossary Term
Jesus
Stable across all French traditions; no live alternative-name controversy as in some other languages.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Glossary Term
Justification
CRITICAL: the historic Reformation/Trent flashpoint.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Glossary Term
Law
Capitalize as 'la Loi' for Torah/Mosaic law to distinguish from civil 'loi'.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Lord
Romans 10:9 'Jésus est Seigneur.' 'Seigneur' carries feudal-historical resonance in French ('le seigneur du château'), risking a distant, archaic-title reading rather than a living confession of exclusive Lordship.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Lordship of Christ
Romans 10:9's confession must not read as one lord among several; 'Seigneur' carries feudal-historical resonance in French that can distance the term from a living, exclusive confession.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Prayer and Intercession
Direct access to God in Christ's name; must be distinguished from the Catholic devotional practice of intercession of the saints.
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Prophecy
God-inspired declaration, not astrological prediction.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Righteousness
'Justice de Dieu' (Romans 1:17) must be read as God's saving, gift-status righteousness, not human moral virtue.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Doctrine
Salvation
Reconciliation with a personal God through Christ; must not imply salvation is mediated only through institutional membership.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Glossary Term
Salvation
Stable shared term.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Doctrine
Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Given France's history and its significant Jewish community, this doctrine requires careful, historically aware handling rather than casual paraphrase.
ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Universal Scope of the Gospel
No ethnic or social barrier to the gospel; retain unqualified universality against any drift toward cultural or national exceptionalism.
ROM.10.12-13