Passage
Romans 10
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Doctrine
Evangelism
In a nominally Catholic but rapidly de-churching culture, evangelism language must be framed as respectful proclamation and witness rather than pressure or proselytism.
ROM.10.14-15
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Doctrine
Faith
Personal trust in Christ; comparatively lower secular-flattening risk than French or Swedish cognates.
ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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Glossary Term
Faith
'Fede' also names the wedding ring ('la fede nuziale') and appears in legal/commercial idiom ('buona fede'); generally lower flattening risk than French or Swedish cognates since religious 'fede' remains fairly robust in Italian usage.
ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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Doctrine
Fulfillment of Prophecy
Linear historical fulfillment (OT to NT); low OT literacy among biblically unchurched readers requires explicit cross-referencing.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Gentiles
Carries the same pejorative 'uncivilized/irreligious' connotation as French 'païens'; 'genti' (peoples, echoing Latin gentes) is a gentler alternative in some translations.
ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Gospel
Stable term shared across Catholic and evangelical Italian Bibles; the word itself is not disputed.
ROM.10.15-16
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Glossary Term
Gospel
Shared, stable term across the Catholic CEI translation and Protestant Diodati/Riveduta tradition.
ROM.10.15-16
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Glossary Term
Intercession
HIGH RISK: Catholic Marian and saint intercession (rosary, novenas, shrine pilgrimage culture such as Padre Pio devotion) is an exceptionally strong and pervasive devotional category in Italian Catholicism, likely the single strongest pull toward a saints/Mary-intercession default reading of any language in this batch, rather than the Spirit's/Christ's unique heavenly intercession in Romans 8.
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Israel
Contemporary Middle East politics 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 Italian traditions.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Glossary Term
Justification
CRITICAL: the historic Trent/Reformation flashpoint, live within Italy itself via its own indigenous Waldensian minority tradition.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Glossary Term
Law
Capitalize as 'la Legge' for Torah/Mosaic law to distinguish from civil 'legge'.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Lord
HIGH RISK: Romans 10:9 'Gesù è Signore.' 'Signore' is also the ordinary polite title 'Mr./sir' (Signor Rossi) in everyday Italian, risking the exalted confession collapsing into a mundane honorific for secular or biblically illiterate readers.
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; 'Signore' doubles as the everyday polite title 'Mr./sir', a real flattening risk for secular or biblically illiterate readers.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Prayer and Intercession
HIGH RISK: Catholic Marian and saint intercession (rosary, novenas, shrine pilgrimage) is an exceptionally strong and pervasive devotional category in Italy, the single strongest pull toward a saints/Mary-intercession default reading of any language in this batch.
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Prophecy
God-inspired declaration.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Righteousness
CRITICAL: 'giustizia di Dio' (Romans 1:17) must be read as God's saving, gift-status righteousness.
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
Relatively stable shared term; risk is general biblical illiteracy amid rapid de-churching of a nominally still-Catholic population, rather than a competing rendering.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Doctrine
Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Requires historically aware handling given Italy's own Jewish community history and contemporary Middle East political sensitivity.
ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Universal Scope of the Gospel
No ethnic or national barrier to the gospel; retain unqualified universality without softening.
ROM.10.12-13