Passage

Romans 6

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, not national or nominal-Catholic cultural heritage identity.

  ROM.6.1-11

• Doctrine

  Grace

  Catholic sacramental grace and Waldensian/evangelical sola gratia are the same Italian word carrying different doctrinal freight; must always reinforce 'apart from merit'.

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  Same word used by Catholic and Waldensian/evangelical traditions, but with different doctrinal freight: Catholic catechesis ties grazia to sacramental mediation ('stato di grazia' maintained via confession); Waldensian/evangelical tradition holds sola gratia apart from sacramental mediation.

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Holy

  Set apart for God and morally pure.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Holy Spirit

  The personal third Person of the Trinity; no competing deity-concept risk in Italian culture.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Resurrection

  Bodily, historical, once-for-all event; Easter's cultural centrality in Italy reinforces rather than dilutes the concept, among the lower-risk terms in this glossary.

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

  Bodily, historical, once-for-all event; Easter's cultural centrality in Italy reinforces rather than dilutes the concept.

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Must not collapse into monastic withdrawal; biblical separation is devotion to God while remaining engaged in ordinary life.

  ROM.6.22