Passage
Romans 1
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Glossary Term
Apostle
Established Odia Christian term.
ROM.1.1
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Doctrine
Apostleship
Risk of apostleship collapsing into a generic guru or temple-priest (pandaa/sevayat) role recognized for hereditary or ritual status rather than a commissioned, sent office.
ROM.1.1
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Glossary Term
Called
Context-sensitive: in 1:1 = called to apostleship; in 1:7 = called to be saints; in 8:28-30 = effectual calling to salvation.
ROM.1.1, ROM.1.6-7
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Glossary Term
Calling
Noun form for the act/state of being called; pair with ଆହୂତ for the participle.
ROM.1.1, ROM.1.6-7
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Doctrine
Christian Fellowship
Shared participation in Christ, not merely social or caste-community association.
ROM.1.12
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Glossary Term
Covenant
ନିୟମ is the established Eastern Indian (Bengali-Odia) Christian term for covenant, as in 'ପୁରାତନ ନିୟମ' (Old Testament) and 'ନୂତନ ନିୟମ' (New Testament); ଚୁକ୍ତି (a mutual contract) is too transactional for a divinely-initiated covenant.
ROM.1.3
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Glossary Term
David
Established proper name form.
ROM.1.3
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Doctrine
Davidic Covenant
Requires OT background explanation; no structural equivalent exists in Odia Vaishnav devotional tradition.
ROM.1.3
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Doctrine
Deity of Christ
CRITICAL: co-equal, undiminished divine nature — not a wooden ritual image periodically renewed, and not one deity among the region's several venerated forms (Jagannath, Balabhadra, Subhadra worshipped together at Puri).
ROM.1.4
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Doctrine
Divine Calling
God's initiating, sovereign call must be distinguished from a devotee's own vow-taking or pilgrimage undertaken to Puri, and from the technical, sign-based ritual process by which temple authorities identify a new sacred image during Nabakalebara.
ROM.1.1, ROM.1.6-7
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Glossary Term
Exhort
Context-sensitive: use ନିବେଦନ for entreaty; ଉତ୍ସାହିତ କରିବା for encouragement/building up.
ROM.1.12
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Doctrine
Faith
Personal trust placed in Christ specifically, not the devotional surrender (ଭକ୍ତି) an Odia Vaishnav devotee directs toward Jagannath.
ROM.1.17
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Glossary Term
Faith
Personal trust in Christ specifically; ଭକ୍ତି carries the devotional-surrender sense of Odia Vaishnav bhakti practice, which does not require the specific, exclusive object of trust that ବିଶ୍ୱାସ requires here.
ROM.1.17
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Glossary Term
Fellowship
Shared participation in Christ, not mere social friendship (ମିତ୍ରତା).
ROM.1.12
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Doctrine
Fulfillment of Prophecy
Linear, one-time historical fulfillment; not the cyclical, periodically-renewed pattern embodied concretely in the Nabakalebara ritual, where the sacred image itself is replaced on a recurring cycle rather than fulfilled once for all.
ROM.1.2-4
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Glossary Term
Glory
God's radiant honor; avoid light-only imagery that could merge with generic divine-light devotional associations.
ROM.1.4
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Glossary Term
God
CRITICAL: never ଠାକୁର (the everyday devotional name for Jagannath specifically, as in 'ବଡ଼ ଠାକୁର') or ଭଗବାନ (broad generic-deity term).
ROM.1.4
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Doctrine
Gospel
ସୁସମାଚାର must be distinguished from any general positive announcement.
ROM.1.1, ROM.1.16
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Glossary Term
Gospel
Established Odia Christian term (su- 'good' + samācāra 'news'), shared in form with the wider Eastern Indian (Bengali-Odia) Christian tradition.
ROM.1.1, ROM.1.16
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Doctrine
Humanity of Christ
Christ's full, real, historical human nature; not a roughly-carved ritual representation standing in for a divine presence, and not an illusory appearance.
ROM.1.3
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Doctrine
Incarnation
CRITICAL: NEVER ଅବତାର.
ROM.1.3
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Glossary Term
Incarnation
CRITICAL: NEVER ଅବତାର.
ROM.1.3
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Doctrine
Inspiration of Scripture
Distinguish God-breathed Scripture from Jagannath Das's Odia Bhagavata and other Panchasakha devotional writings, which are revered as inspired vernacular wisdom and read daily in village reading-halls but do not claim the status of God's own spoken word.
ROM.1.2
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Glossary Term
Jesus
ଯୀଶୁ is the Odia Christian standard; ଈସା is associated with Muslim/Urdu usage.
ROM.1.4
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Glossary Term
Justification
Compound phrase required; a forensic declaration of right standing, never abbreviated to a single word.
ROM.1.16
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Glossary Term
Law
Torah/Mosaic law.
ROM.1.2-4
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Glossary Term
Lord
CRITICAL: NEVER ଠାକୁର.
ROM.1.4
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Doctrine
Lordship of Christ
CRITICAL: Romans 10:9's confession is of a living, presently reigning, exclusive Lord.
ROM.1.4
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Glossary Term
Messiah
CRITICAL: transliterated term; the unique OT-promised deliverer, not one of many avatar-descents.
ROM.1.3-4
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Doctrine
Messianic Promise
CRITICAL: the Messiah is the unique OT-promised deliverer, not one of Jagannath's own avatara associations with Vishnu/Krishna, and not a periodically-renewed sacred figure.
ROM.1.3-4
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Glossary Term
Mission
ସୁସମାଚାର ପ୍ରଚାର is the descriptive Odia phrase; ମିଶନ is retained with awareness of its colonial-era connotation.
ROM.1.5, ROM.1.13-14
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Doctrine
Mission to the Nations
'Mission' carries colonial-era connotation; ସୁସମାଚାର ପ୍ରଚାର is preferred in most contexts.
ROM.1.5, ROM.1.13-14
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Doctrine
Mutual Edification
Building one another up in faith; no significant doctrinal risk.
ROM.1.12
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Doctrine
Obedience of Faith
Obedience flowing from faith already granted, not ritual-service obligation (seba dharma) or duty-based compliance that itself builds standing before God.
ROM.1.5
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Glossary Term
Obedience Of Faith
Romans 1:5 and 16:26.
ROM.1.5
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Glossary Term
Power Of God
Use ସାମର୍ଥ୍ୟ; never ଶକ୍ତି — Odisha's own prominent Shakta tradition (Maa Samaleswari at Sambalpur, Maa Tarini at Ghatagaon) makes ଶକ୍ତି read as a specific divine-feminine power distinct from the one God's saving power.
ROM.1.16
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Doctrine
Power of God for Salvation
ସାମର୍ଥ୍ୟ required; never ଶକ୍ତି, which in Odisha's prominent Shakta tradition (Maa Samaleswari at Sambalpur, Maa Tarini at Ghatagaon) names a distinct divine-feminine power.
ROM.1.16
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Glossary Term
Prophecy
God-inspired declaration, distinct from astrological forecasting (ଗଣନା).
ROM.1.2-4
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Glossary Term
Prophet
God's spokesperson, not a fortune-teller/astrologer (ଜ୍ୟୋତିଷୀ).
ROM.1.2
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Glossary Term
Resurrection
CRITICAL: NEVER ପୁନର୍ଜନ୍ମ.
ROM.1.4
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Doctrine
Resurrection of Christ
CRITICAL: bodily, historical, once-for-all.
ROM.1.4
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Glossary Term
Righteousness
CRITICAL: never ଧର୍ମ.
ROM.1.16
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Doctrine
Sainthood (Called to be Holy)
All believers are ପବିତ୍ର ଲୋକ; not an elite literary-devotional class.
ROM.1.7
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Doctrine
Salvation
CRITICAL: never ମୋକ୍ଷ/ମୁକ୍ତି.
ROM.1.16
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Glossary Term
Salvation
CRITICAL: NEVER ମୋକ୍ଷ or ମୁକ୍ତି (release from the rebirth cycle).
ROM.1.16
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Glossary Term
Seed Of David
Romans 1:3; conveys physical lineage and OT covenant fulfillment.
ROM.1.3
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Doctrine
Separation unto God's Service
Must not be confused with the hereditary, caste-linked ritual service (seba) roles of Jagannath temple functionaries, which are inherited职务-like duties rather than a personal calling to holy living; biblical separation is devotion to God available to every believer, not a hereditary ritual office.
ROM.1.1
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Glossary Term
Sin
Moral transgression before a personal God who judges and forgives.
ROM.1.18
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Glossary Term
Son Of God
CRITICAL: full phrase required.
ROM.1.4
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Doctrine
Sonship of Christ
CRITICAL: eternal, unique Sonship; not a family-of-deities arrangement like the Puri triad of Jagannath, Balabhadra (brother), and Subhadra (sister) worshipped together.
ROM.1.4
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Doctrine
Spiritual Gifts
Spirit-given enablement; not a deity's boon granted in exchange for devotion or offering.
ROM.1.11
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Glossary Term
Spiritual Gifts
Always use the compound; ବର alone (a deity's boon) wrongly suggests a merit-earned or ritually-obtained favor.
ROM.1.11
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Doctrine
Thanksgiving
Standard term; minor risk of over-ritualization.
ROM.1.8, ROM.1.21
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Glossary Term
Thanksgiving
Standard term.
ROM.1.8, ROM.1.21
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Doctrine
Universal Human Accountability
All humanity equally guilty and equally invited; genuinely resonates with the Ananda Bazaar tradition of caste-crossing shared meals at Puri, while still going further than that practice by removing the outsider/non-Hindu exclusion that practice does not touch.
ROM.1.18
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Doctrine
Universal Scope of the Gospel
No caste or outsider barrier to the gospel.
ROM.1.16