Passage
Romans 11
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Glossary Term
Apostle
Stable, shared term across all French Bible traditions.
ROM.11.13
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Doctrine
Apostleship
Stable, established term; minimal risk of reduction to a generic teacher role.
ROM.11.13
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Doctrine
Effectual Calling
God's sovereign call ensuring the salvation of the called; must not be read through the lens of political 'élection' as a competitive or democratic process.
ROM.11.29
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Glossary Term
Election
HIGH RISK, distinctly French: 'élection' is the everyday word for political/democratic elections, risking a reading of God's choice as competitive or merit-based rather than sovereign and gracious.
ROM.11.29
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Glossary Term
Gentiles
'Païens' carries a pejorative 'uncivilized/irreligious' connotation in modern French stronger than the neutral original sense.
ROM.11.17-24
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Doctrine
Grace
Catholic sacramental grace (mediated through the sacraments) and Reformed sola gratia are the same French word with different doctrinal freight; must always reinforce 'apart from merit'.
ROM.11.5-6
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Glossary Term
Grace
Same word used by Catholic and Protestant traditions, but the theology differs: Catholic catechesis ties grâce to sacramental mediation ('état de grâce' via confession); Reformed/Segond tradition insists on grâce apart from any ecclesial mediation.
ROM.11.5-6
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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.11.17-24
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Glossary Term
Justification
CRITICAL: the historic Reformation/Trent flashpoint.
ROM.11.11
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Doctrine
Providence
Personal, purposive divine care; Enlightenment-era deist usage of 'la Providence' in French risks an impersonal-force reading of Romans 8:28.
ROM.11.33-36
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Glossary Term
Providence
18th-century Enlightenment deism used 'la Providence' for an impersonal benevolent order; must render Romans 8:28's providence as the personal, purposive care of a covenant God, not a deist abstraction.
ROM.11.33-36
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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.11.11
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Doctrine
Salvation
Reconciliation with a personal God through Christ; must not imply salvation is mediated only through institutional membership.
ROM.11.11
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Glossary Term
Salvation
Stable shared term.
ROM.11.11
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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.11.17-24