Passage

Romans 6

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Pulaaku, the strong and often exclusive Fulani ethnic-cultural identity code, functions as a powerful identity marker independent of religion; this curriculum should teach that identity in Christ relativizes but does not require abandoning legitimate ethnic and cultural belonging, a genuinely significant tension for Fulani converts specifically.

  ROM.6.1-11

• Doctrine

  Grace

  CRITICAL: arjunde is Arabic-influenced vocabulary shared with Islamic usage, generally understood there as responsive to piety and good deeds; barke (marabout-associated blessing/spiritual power) is a tempting but rejected near-synonym carrying strong reciprocal, person-mediated connotations.

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  CRITICAL: arjunde is attested in regional Fulfulde religious usage for divine favor/reward, but as Arabic-influenced vocabulary shared with Islamic usage, it is generally understood there as responsive to piety and good deeds rather than wholly unmerited.

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Holy

  ceniiɗo ('pure/clean' in a moral-religious sense) is the best-attested term.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Holy Spirit

  Ruuhu Ceniiɗo must always be used in full.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Resurrection

  CRITICAL: a descriptive phrase ('rising from death') rather than a single fixed technical term, reflecting the thinner translation tradition.

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

  CRITICAL: mainstream Sunni interpretation of Quran 4:157 denies the crucifixion occurred at all, directly challenging the historical event Romans 1:4 and 4:25 depend on; this curriculum must state the historical claim plainly rather than assume it is uncontested common ground.

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Sanctification

  Not yet a crystallized fixed theological term across Fulfulde dialects; must be kept distinct from laaɓal, ritual purification associated with Islamic ablution (wuduu) practice, which is external and physical rather than the Spirit's internal moral transformation Romans 6-8 describes.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Sanctification

  ceniinde (the process of being made pure/holy) is a plausible derived form, but is not yet a crystallized fixed theological term across Fulfulde dialects and should be confirmed with a native-speaking theologian.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Biblical 'set apart' in Romans is devotion to God while remaining fully engaged in ordinary pastoralist community life, not a specialized religious vocation; should be distinguished from Islamic scholarly clerical roles (marabouts, Quranic teachers) that carry specific social status in Fulani communities.

  ROM.6.22