Passage
Romans 9
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Glossary Term
Abba
Aramaic term of intimacy preserved in Romans 8:15, paired with 'Pai' following Almeida precedent ('Aba, Pai').
ROM.9.4
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Glossary Term
Adoption
Full son-status with complete inheritance rights; lexically unambiguous.
ROM.9.4
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Doctrine
Adoption into God's Family
Full son-status with complete inheritance rights; lexically clear, though the full-heir status should be taught explicitly.
ROM.9.4
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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.9.11-12
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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.9.11-12
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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.9.5
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Glossary Term
David
Standard proper name.
ROM.9.5
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Doctrine
Davidic Covenant
Requires explicit Old Testament background (2 Samuel 7); no analogous concept assumed in general Luso-Brazilian culture.
ROM.9.5
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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.9.5
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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.9.11-12
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Doctrine
Effectual Calling
God's sovereign call that ensures the salvation of the called; avoid collapsing into a merit-earned status accumulated across lifetimes.
ROM.9.11-12
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Glossary Term
Election
God's sovereign personal choice, not a status earned through accumulated merit across lifetimes as in Kardecist doctrine.
ROM.9.11-12
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Glossary Term
Father
God as personal Father; standard and unambiguous.
ROM.9.4
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Glossary Term
Glory
God's radiant honor and presence; standard usage.
ROM.9.5
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Glossary Term
God
Standard and unambiguous.
ROM.9.5
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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.9.5
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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.9.5
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Glossary Term
Seed Of David
Romans 1:3; conveys physical lineage and covenant fulfillment.
ROM.9.5