Passage

Romans 6

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, not in inherited Orthodox national-cultural identity by birth ('sunt ortodox pentru că sunt român').

  ROM.6.1-11

• Doctrine

  Grace

  CRITICAL: Orthodox Palamite theology understands grace as uncreated divine energies in which the believer really participates toward theosis, distinct from both a Catholic created-and-infused-through-merit reading and a purely forensic Protestant favor-only reading.

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  CRITICAL: Orthodox theology, following Gregory Palamas' essence-energies distinction, understands har as the uncreated energies of God in which the believer really participates, enabling theosis (îndumnezeire) — not a created substance infused through merit (the Catholic/Tridentine reading) nor merely a legal favor bestowed without ontological change (a purely forensic Protestant reading).

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Holy

  Set apart for God and morally pure; applies to all believers.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Holy Spirit

  Standard and unambiguous.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Resurrection

  CRITICAL, but uniquely in this Language Package, resurrection is a doctrinal asset as much as a risk: Învierea is the central event of the Orthodox liturgical calendar, and 'Hristos a înviat!' ('Christ is risen!') is the most widely known liturgical exchange in Romanian culture, with Orthodox Easter typically carrying more cultural weight than Christmas.

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

  CRITICAL, but also a doctrinal asset: Învierea is the central feast of Romanian Orthodox liturgical life, arguably more culturally central than Christmas.

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy, framed by Orthodox theology as integral to theosis through the Church's Sfintele Taine; this curriculum should acknowledge rather than contradict that framework while keeping Romans' Spirit-driven transformation central.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Sanctification

  Orthodox theology frames ongoing sfințire as integral to theosis, achieved through participation in the Church's Sfintele Taine (Holy Mysteries); this curriculum should acknowledge rather than contradict that framework while keeping Romans' Spirit-driven transformation central.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Risk of conflation with the specifically monastic category of being 'set apart,' rather than the calling of every believer to devoted service within ordinary life.

  ROM.6.22