Passage
Romans 3
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Doctrine
Faith
Personal trust placed in Christ specifically; not the devotional surrender (ಭಕ್ತಿ) a Haridasa devotee directs toward Krishna or a Lingayat devotee toward Shiva through the personal ishtalinga.
ROM.3.22-28
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Glossary Term
Faith
Personal trust in Christ specifically; ಭಕ್ತಿ carries the devotional-surrender sense central to both Haridasa Krishna-bhakti and Lingayat devotion to Shiva, neither of which requires the specific, exclusive object of trust that ನಂಬಿಕೆ requires here.
ROM.3.22-28
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Doctrine
Fulfillment of Prophecy
Linear, one-time historical fulfillment; not the cyclical cosmic time shared by mainstream Hindu yuga cycles, nor the stage-by-stage spiritual ascent of the Lingayat shatsthala path, which is progressive but individual rather than a single shared historical fulfillment for all peoples.
ROM.3.21
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Glossary Term
Gentiles
Non-Jewish peoples; ವಿದೇಶಿಯರು (foreigners) is too narrowly national.
ROM.3.29-30
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Doctrine
Grace
Unmerited favor stands against both the karma-merit economy of popular Hindu devotion and the Lingayat kayaka-dasoha ethic, where right standing is demonstrated through disciplined sacred work and generous sharing; grace must be taught as favor received, not effort or service rewarded.
ROM.3.24
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Glossary Term
Grace
Unmerited favor apart from human merit.
ROM.3.24
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Glossary Term
Israel
Proper name; established form.
ROM.3.29-30
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Glossary Term
Law
Torah/Mosaic law.
ROM.3.21
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Glossary Term
Prophecy
God-inspired declaration, distinct from astrological forecasting.
ROM.3.21
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Glossary Term
Sin
Moral transgression before a personal God who judges and forgives, not an impersonal ledger of demerit.
ROM.3.23
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Doctrine
Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Directly challenges caste-based spiritual hierarchy; must be translated with full theological clarity, not softened.
ROM.3.29-30
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Doctrine
Universal Human Accountability
All humanity equally guilty and equally invited, regardless of caste or spiritual attainment; this is in fact one point of genuine convergence with the Lingayat movement's own historic rejection of caste hierarchy, and can be taught as an area of real (if partial) resonance before drawing the doctrinal distinctions elsewhere.
ROM.3.23