Passage

Romans 1

• Glossary Term

  Apostle

  Established, unambiguous term.

  ROM.1.1

• Doctrine

  Apostleship

  Apóstolo is unambiguous and consistent across Portuguese Christian traditions.

  ROM.1.1

• Glossary Term

  Called

  Context-sensitive: Romans 1:1 (called to apostleship), 1:7 (called to be saints), 8:28-30 (effectual calling to salvation).

  ROM.1.1, ROM.1.6-7

• Glossary Term

  Calling

  As in other Catholic-heritage Romance languages, 'vocação' in Luso-Brazilian culture narrows to a call to the priesthood or consecrated religious life.

  ROM.1.1, ROM.1.6-7

• Doctrine

  Christian Fellowship

  Shared participation in Christ; avoid conflating with the specific creedal phrase 'a comunhão dos santos.'

  ROM.1.12

• Glossary Term

  Covenant

  Unlike Spanish's pacto/alianza split by tradition, Portuguese Catholic and Protestant Bibles converge more on 'aliança.' Convey a relational covenant bond, not a mere legal contract.

  ROM.1.3

• Glossary Term

  David

  Standard proper name.

  ROM.1.3

• Doctrine

  Davidic Covenant

  Requires explicit Old Testament background (2 Samuel 7); no analogous concept assumed in general Luso-Brazilian culture.

  ROM.1.3

• Doctrine

  Deity of Christ

  CRITICAL: co-equal divine nature; must not be softened to 'the most evolved spirit' (Kardecist Christology) or 'a divine man among the saints.'

  ROM.1.4

• Doctrine

  Divine Calling

  God's sovereign call to every believer must be distinguished from the narrow Catholic-culture sense of 'vocação' as a call to priesthood or religious life.

  ROM.1.1, ROM.1.6-7

• Glossary Term

  Exhort

  Standard term.

  ROM.1.12

• Doctrine

  Faith

  Personal trust in Christ, not generic belief in the spirit world or confidence in one's own moral progress.

  ROM.1.17

• Glossary Term

  Faith

  Personal trust in Christ, not generic belief in 'the spirit world' or confidence in one's own moral and spiritual progress, both common framings in Brazilian folk religiosity.

  ROM.1.17

• Glossary Term

  Fellowship

  Use 'companheirismo' or contextual 'comunhão' for Romans' general fellowship sense; avoid conflating with the specific creedal phrase.

  ROM.1.12

• Doctrine

  Fulfillment of Prophecy

  Linear historical fulfillment (Old Testament to New Testament); requires OT background many nominal Catholic or culturally Christian readers were never catechized in.

  ROM.1.2-4

• Glossary Term

  Glory

  God's radiant honor and presence; standard usage.

  ROM.1.4

• Glossary Term

  God

  Standard and unambiguous.

  ROM.1.4

• Doctrine

  Gospel

  Must be distinguished from Allan Kardec's widely known 'O Evangelho Segundo o Espiritismo,' which reframes the term as ethical teaching compatible with reincarnation.

  ROM.1.1, ROM.1.16

• Glossary Term

  Gospel

  Standard term shared by Catholic and Protestant Portuguese Bibles.

  ROM.1.1, ROM.1.16

• Doctrine

  Humanity of Christ

  Real physical human nature; should be taught alongside deity of Christ to avoid a docetic drift, especially given Kardecism's view of physical bodies as temporary vehicles for an evolving spirit.

  ROM.1.3

• Doctrine

  Incarnation

  CRITICAL: in Brazilian Portuguese, 'encarnação'/'encarnar' is the everyday Kardecist term for a spirit taking a body for one of its successive lives, creating a direct terminological collision unique to this Language Package.

  ROM.1.3

• Glossary Term

  Incarnation

  CRITICAL: unlike Spanish, where 'encarnação'/'encarnación' carries essentially no rival meaning, in Brazilian Portuguese 'encarnação'/'encarnar' is the everyday Kardecist term for a spirit taking on a body for one of its many successive lives.

  ROM.1.3

• Doctrine

  Inspiration of Scripture

  Kardecist Spiritism claims its own foundational texts were dictated by discarnate spirits through mediums (psicografia), a direct and well-known rival claim to revealed authority in Brazil.

  ROM.1.2

• Glossary Term

  Jesus

  Standard across all Portuguese Bible traditions; the risk is not the name but the doctrinal content around it (see Messiah, Incarnation).

  ROM.1.4

• Glossary Term

  Justification

  CRITICAL: a forensic declaration of righteousness received by faith (Romans 3-5), not a gradual process of moral or spiritual improvement — a reading both Tridentine Catholic and Kardecist Spiritist frameworks would independently suggest by analogy to their own systems of gradual merit.

  ROM.1.16

• Glossary Term

  Law

  The Mosaic law/Torah.

  ROM.1.2-4

• Glossary Term

  Lord

  CRITICAL: Romans 10:9, 'Jesus é o Senhor,' is the salvation confession.

  ROM.1.4

• Doctrine

  Lordship of Christ

  CRITICAL: Romans 10:9, 'Jesus é o Senhor,' is the salvation confession.

  ROM.1.4

• Glossary Term

  Messiah

  CRITICAL: Kardecist doctrine explicitly teaches Jesus as the most morally evolved spirit ever incarnated on Earth, a model and guide, rather than the unique, eternally divine Messiah promised in the Old Testament and confirmed by bodily resurrection.

  ROM.1.3-4

• Doctrine

  Messianic Promise

  CRITICAL: the unique, Old Testament-promised Anointed One fulfilled exclusively in Jesus, not Kardecism's 'most evolved spirit' framing of Jesus as an exemplary moral guide among many advancing spirits.

  ROM.1.3-4

• Glossary Term

  Mission

  Standard term.

  ROM.1.5, ROM.1.13-14

• Doctrine

  Mission to the Nations

  Standard term with low colonial-connotation risk compared to Spanish-speaking contexts; primary risk is simply low OT/mission-history literacy.

  ROM.1.5, ROM.1.13-14

• Doctrine

  Mutual Edification

  Building one another up in faith; no significant doctrinal risk.

  ROM.1.12

• Doctrine

  Obedience of Faith

  Obedience flowing from faith, not compliance with church precepts or Kardecist ethical self-improvement discipline.

  ROM.1.5

• Glossary Term

  Obedience Of Faith

  Romans 1:5 and 16:26.

  ROM.1.5

• Glossary Term

  Power Of God

  Standard, unambiguous rendering.

  ROM.1.16

• Doctrine

  Power of God for Salvation

  Standard, unambiguous rendering.

  ROM.1.16

• Glossary Term

  Prophecy

  God-inspired declaration, not psicografia, the well-known Kardecist practice of mediums transcribing messages purportedly from the dead.

  ROM.1.2-4

• Glossary Term

  Prophet

  God's spokesperson, not a Kardecist medium channeling messages from discarnate spirits, a common alternate frame for 'revelation' in Brazil.

  ROM.1.2

• Glossary Term

  Resurrection

  CRITICAL: NEVER reencarnação.

  ROM.1.4

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

  CRITICAL: bodily, historical, once-for-all resurrection, sharply distinct from the mainstream Brazilian Spiritist doctrine of reincarnation.

  ROM.1.4

• Glossary Term

  Righteousness

  CRITICAL: right standing before God granted through faith.

  ROM.1.16

• Doctrine

  Sainthood (Called to be Holy)

  CRITICAL: every believer is called 'santo' in Romans 1:7; popular Catholic piety reserves 'os santos' for canonized figures venerated and petitioned for intercession.

  ROM.1.7

• Doctrine

  Salvation

  CRITICAL: reconciliation with a personal God received by faith, not the Kardecist 'evolução espiritual' achieved gradually across many reincarnations through the spirit's own moral effort.

  ROM.1.16

• Glossary Term

  Salvation

  CRITICAL: the single highest-risk term in this Language Package.

  ROM.1.16

• Glossary Term

  Seed Of David

  Romans 1:3; conveys physical lineage and covenant fulfillment.

  ROM.1.3

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Risk of conflation with the Catholic category of 'vida consagrada' as a specially set-apart class, rather than the calling of every believer.

  ROM.1.1

• Glossary Term

  Sin

  Moral transgression before a personal, holy God requiring atonement in this life, not a correctable 'erro' to be worked off across future incarnations as Kardecism frames moral failure.

  ROM.1.18

• Glossary Term

  Son Of God

  CRITICAL: full phrase required.

  ROM.1.4

• Doctrine

  Sonship of Christ

  CRITICAL: eternal, unique Sonship, not the adoptive 'filhos de Deus' sense Romans 8 applies to believers.

  ROM.1.4

• Doctrine

  Spiritual Gifts

  Spirit-given enablements for the church; must be distinguished from Kardecist mediunidade and Candomblé/Umbanda gifts of spirit incorporation, both mainstream practices in Brazil.

  ROM.1.11

• Glossary Term

  Spiritual Gifts

  Spirit-given enablements for the church.

  ROM.1.11

• Doctrine

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term; minimal risk.

  ROM.1.8, ROM.1.21

• Glossary Term

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term.

  ROM.1.8, ROM.1.21

• Doctrine

  Universal Human Accountability

  All humanity equally guilty before God in this life; retain unqualified universal language rather than a Kardecist reading where accountability is distributed and resolved across multiple lifetimes.

  ROM.1.18

• Doctrine

  Universal Scope of the Gospel

  No ethnic, racial, or class barrier to the gospel; retain unqualified universal language.

  ROM.1.16