Passage

Romans 12

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, not caste lineage, Panjikaran-verified ancestry, or accumulated devotional merit.

  ROM.12.5

• Glossary Term

  Church

  Never मन्दिर (Hindu temple) and never मठ (a monastic institution attached to a particular deity or guru lineage, common across Mithila's Shaiva and Vaishnava centers).

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  New covenant community, not a ritual institution modeled on the region's math (monastic) structures or a caste-segregated assembly.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Must not be confused with the region's monastic and ascetic renunciation traditions attached to Mithila's Shaiva and Vaishnava maths (monastic centers).

  ROM.12.1-2

• Doctrine

  Spiritual Gifts

  Spirit-given enablements, not merit-earned boons (वरदान) granted for austerity or devotion.

  ROM.12.6-8

• Glossary Term

  Spiritual Gifts

  वरदान alone carries the Puranic sense of a boon granted by a deity for austerity or devotion; always pair with आत्मिक (spiritual) to mark it as Spirit-given, not earned or bargained-for.

  ROM.12.6-8