Passage

Romans 5

• Doctrine

  Faith

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

  ROM.5.1-2

• 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.5.1-2

• Doctrine

  Grace

  Unmerited favor received by faith; must be distinguished from Kardecism's doctrine of merit accumulated through moral effort across successive reincarnations.

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

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  Unmerited favor received by faith.

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

• 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.5.15

• Glossary Term

  Peace

  Relational peace with God through justification, not merely inner calm.

  ROM.5.1

• Doctrine

  Peace with God

  Relational, covenantal peace through justification, not merely emotional tranquility.

  ROM.5.1