Passage
Romans 3
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Doctrine
Faith
Personal trust in Christ, not generic religious identity or affiliation with 'la religion'.
ROM.3.22-28
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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.3.22-28
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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.3.21
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Glossary Term
Gentiles
'Païens' carries a pejorative 'uncivilized/irreligious' connotation in modern French stronger than the neutral original sense.
ROM.3.29-30
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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.3.24
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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.3.24
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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.3.29-30
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Glossary Term
Law
Capitalize as 'la Loi' for Torah/Mosaic law to distinguish from civil 'loi'.
ROM.3.21
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Glossary Term
Prophecy
God-inspired declaration, not astrological prediction.
ROM.3.21
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Glossary Term
Sin
Secularization risk: colloquial French uses 'péché' loosely for minor indulgence ('péché mignon' = guilty pleasure), which can trivialize the weight of culpable rebellion against God that Romans 1-3 describes.
ROM.3.23
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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.3.29-30
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Doctrine
Universal Human Accountability
Universal guilt before God; watch for colloquial trivialization of 'péché' softening the force of 'all have sinned'.
ROM.3.23