Passage

Romans 12

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, not clan (yumnak) lineage, ethnic-community belonging, or Vaishnava devotional-community status.

  ROM.12.5

• Glossary Term

  Church

  কলিসিয়া (transliterated) refers to the gathered assembly of believers.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  New covenant community; not a temple institution, a Sanamahi sacred-grove community, or an ethnically-segregated assembly.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Must not be confused with the ritual preparations undertaken before Lai Haraoba or Vaishnava temple worship.

  ROM.12.1-2

• Doctrine

  Spiritual Gifts

  Spirit-given enablements for the whole church; not the ritual/oracular power attributed to a maibi's Lai Haraoba trance state.

  ROM.12.6-8

• Glossary Term

  Spiritual Gifts

  থাওয়াইগী খুদোল ('gift of the Spirit') must be kept distinct from the ritual/oracular power attributed to a maibi in Lai Haraoba trance possession.

  ROM.12.6-8