Passage
Romans 10
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Doctrine
Evangelism
In a culture where Orthodox identity is closely tied to national identity, Evangelical 'evanghelizare' can be perceived as proselytism away from the national church; use language of proclamation and witness rather than confrontational framing.
ROM.10.14-15
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Doctrine
Faith
Personal trust in Christ, not generalized religious devotion or inherited Orthodox cultural identity by birth.
ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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Glossary Term
Faith
Personal trust in Christ specifically, not generalized religious devotion or inherited Orthodox cultural identity.
ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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Doctrine
Fulfillment of Prophecy
Linear historical fulfillment (Old Testament to New Testament); generally well-supported by Orthodox liturgical use of OT readings, though systematic OT background may still need reinforcement.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Gentiles
Standard term; avoid the pejorative 'păgâni.'
ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Gospel
Must be distinguished from a generic uplifting message; the gospel is the specific proclamation of salvation through Christ crucified and risen.
ROM.10.15-16
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Glossary Term
Gospel
Standard term shared by Orthodox, Catholic (minority), and Protestant Romanian Bibles alike.
ROM.10.15-16
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Glossary Term
Intercession
Orthodox piety gives intercession of the saints, and especially of the Theotokos (Maica Domnului), a central and liturgically constant role (akathists, litanies).
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Israel
Standard proper name.
ROM.10.12
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Glossary Term
Jesus
CRITICAL spelling note, not doctrinal: Romanian Orthodox Bibles use 'Iisus' (double-i, reflecting the Greek Ἰησοῦς transliteration through Church Slavonic tradition), while the Cornilescu Protestant translation uses 'Isus.' This Language Package standardizes on 'Iisus' per Orthodox Synodal Bible convention given Romania's Orthodox-majority audience, while noting 'Isus' as the expected form in Evangelical/Protestant-facing material.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Glossary Term
Justification
CRITICAL: Orthodox theology tends to read îndreptățire as being made actually righteous through ongoing transformation toward theosis, integrated with sanctification, rather than as a separate forensic declaration as in Western Protestant (Reformed) theology assumed by the Cornilescu translation tradition.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Glossary Term
Law
The Mosaic law/Torah; standard and unambiguous.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Lord
CRITICAL: Romans 10:9's confession requires exclusive, supreme lordship.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Lordship of Christ
CRITICAL: Romans 10:9's confession requires exclusive, supreme lordship over the whole of life.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Prayer and Intercession
CRITICAL: the Spirit and Christ intercede directly for believers (Romans 8:26-27, 8:34).
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Prophecy
God-inspired declaration; standard term.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Righteousness
CRITICAL: right standing before God granted through faith.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Doctrine
Salvation
CRITICAL: Orthodox theology understands mântuire primarily as theosis, a lifelong synergistic process, rather than primarily a one-time forensic declaration.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Glossary Term
Salvation
CRITICAL: standard term across Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant Romanian Bibles alike — unlike most terms in this glossary, there is no rival word to reject.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Doctrine
Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Must translate with full theological clarity; lower direct social-hierarchy charge in the Romanian context than caste or racial-hierarchy contexts elsewhere in this pipeline, but still requires care given the historic entanglement of Orthodoxy with national identity ('neam').
ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Universal Scope of the Gospel
No ethnic or national barrier to the gospel; retain unqualified universal language rather than softening it toward an ethnically or nationally bounded sense of Orthodox identity.
ROM.10.12-13