Doctrine
Risk: High · Human theologianSainthood (Called to be Holy)
INVERTED RISK: unlike most other languages in this pipeline, where the rejected alternative for “saints” implies too narrow an ascetic elite, Malayalam’s established term വിശുദ്ധര് already carries a narrow, canonization-flavored sense from Kerala’s strong Catholic and Orthodox tradition of venerating specific named saints. Romans 1:7 addresses every ordinary believer; translator notes must widen the reader’s expectation, not narrow it.
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