Passage

Romans 12

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, not in inherited Greek Orthodox national-cultural identity (a fusion of Greek ethnic and Orthodox religious identity with real historical roots, comparable structurally to but distinct in origin from Poland's Polak-katolik pattern).

  ROM.12.5

• Glossary Term

  Church

  Same NT word (originally 'assembly, called-out ones'), but Modern Greek usage foregrounds either the institutional national Church ('η Εκκλησία της Ελλάδος') or the physical church building.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  The new covenant community gathered around Christ, distinct from the institutional national-Church sense or the physical building sense of 'εκκλησία.'

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Low risk of conflation with a specialized monastic class (e.g.

  ROM.12.1-2

• Doctrine

  Spiritual Gifts

  Spirit-given enablements for the whole congregation; distinguish from the secular use of 'χάρισμα' for natural talent.

  ROM.12.6-8

• Glossary Term

  Spiritual Gifts

  Same root as χάρις (grace).

  ROM.12.6-8