Passage

Romans 5

• 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.5.1-2

• 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.5.1-2

• Doctrine

  Grace

  Unmerited favor must be distinguished from Vaishnava bhakti's কৃপা (Krishna's favor, typically understood as responsive to a devotee's devoted service), a live and well-developed devotional framework, not a distant abstraction.

  ROM.5.2, ROM.5.15-17, ROM.5.20-21

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  CRITICAL: a descriptive compound ('favor given without needing to be earned') is required.

  ROM.5.2, ROM.5.15-17, ROM.5.20-21

• Doctrine

  Humanity of Christ

  Christ's full, real humanity must not be diluted into a temporary devotional-performance embodiment as Ras Lila dance-drama enacts Krishna's appearances.

  ROM.5.15

• Glossary Term

  Peace

  In Romans 5:1, relational peace with God through justification, not the meditative devotional calm sought through bhakti practice or the harmony traditionally maintained with the Umang Lai through Lai Haraoba observance.

  ROM.5.1

• Doctrine

  Peace with God

  Relational, judicial peace through justification, not devotional bhakti calm or the ritual harmony maintained with the Umang Lai through Lai Haraoba observance.

  ROM.5.1