Passage

Romans 4

• Doctrine

  Faith

  Personal trust in Christ; the object of faith must always be named, distinguished from ভক্তি (bhakti), the specific devotional-love practice central to Manipuri Vaishnavism.

  ROM.4.1-25

• Glossary Term

  Faith

  থাজবা (belief/trust) is preferred over ভক্তি because Manipuri Vaishnavism's ভক্তি names a specific, well-developed devotional practice (as expressed in Ras Lila devotion to Krishna) rather than the personal, saving trust in Christ Romans describes.

  ROM.4.1-25

• Glossary Term

  Resurrection

  CRITICAL: a descriptive phrase ('coming back to life from death') avoids পুনর্জন্ম, the rebirth/reincarnation vocabulary that entered Meitei religious discourse through the Hindu Vaishnava tradition.

  ROM.4.25

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

  CRITICAL: bodily, once-for-all resurrection, not পুনর্জন্ম (rebirth), a concept absorbed into Meitei religious discourse through Vaishnavization.

  ROM.4.25