Passage

Romans 11

• Glossary Term

  Apostle

  Established Odia Christian term.

  ROM.11.13

• 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.11.13

• Doctrine

  Effectual Calling

  God's sovereign call that ensures the salvation of the one called; not fate (ଭାଗ୍ୟ) and not the technical, sign-based selection ritual used to identify a new sacred image during Nabakalebara.

  ROM.11.29

• Glossary Term

  Election

  God's sovereign, personal choice — not fate (ଭାଗ୍ୟ/ନିୟତି), and distinct also from the sign-based ritual selection process (locating the sacred neem tree bearing the correct marks for Nabakalebara) by which Puri temple priests identify a new image; God's election is a personal choice of a person, not a technical ritual-omen procedure.

  ROM.11.29

• Glossary Term

  Gentiles

  Non-Jewish peoples; ବିଦେଶୀ (foreigners) is too narrowly national.

  ROM.11.17-24

• Doctrine

  Grace

  Unmerited favor stands against the ritual-offering economy of Jagannath devotion (seba, bhoga offerings, and pilgrimage merit), where divine favor is typically understood as responsive to devotional service rather than freely and unconditionally given.

  ROM.11.5-6

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  Unmerited favor apart from human merit.

  ROM.11.5-6

• Glossary Term

  Israel

  Proper name; established form.

  ROM.11.17-24

• Glossary Term

  Justification

  Compound phrase required; a forensic declaration of right standing, never abbreviated to a single word.

  ROM.11.11

• Doctrine

  Providence

  God's personal, purposive governance; Romans 8:28 is vulnerable to being read through ଭାଗ୍ୟ (fate) or the impersonal law of karma, both common explanatory frameworks in everyday Odia speech.

  ROM.11.33-36

• Glossary Term

  Providence

  God's personal, purposive governance; Romans 8:28 is vulnerable to being read through ଭାଗ୍ୟ (fate) or the impersonal law of karma.

  ROM.11.33-36

• Glossary Term

  Righteousness

  CRITICAL: never ଧର୍ମ.

  ROM.11.11

• Doctrine

  Salvation

  CRITICAL: never ମୋକ୍ଷ/ମୁକ୍ତି.

  ROM.11.11

• Glossary Term

  Salvation

  CRITICAL: NEVER ମୋକ୍ଷ or ମୁକ୍ତି (release from the rebirth cycle).

  ROM.11.11

• Doctrine

  Unity of Jews and Gentiles

  Directly challenges caste-based spiritual hierarchy and the outsider/insider boundary structured into Puri temple access; must be translated with full theological clarity, not softened.

  ROM.11.17-24