Passage
Romans 9
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Glossary Term
Abba
Aramaic term of intimacy preserved in Romans 8:15; both Orthodox and Cornilescu traditions retain the transliteration 'Avva,' paired with 'Tată.'
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 and well-supported by Orthodox liturgical language of divine sonship.
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).
ROM.9.11-12
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Glossary Term
Calling
Orthodox culture has a strong, historically prominent monastic vocation tradition ('chemare monahală'); as with Catholic-heritage 'vocación'/'vocação,' this risks narrowing the general call of every believer in Romans to a specialized religious calling.
ROM.9.11-12
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Glossary Term
Covenant
Relational covenant bond.
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 Romanian culture outside liturgical familiarity with the Psalms.
ROM.9.5
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Doctrine
Deity of Christ
CRITICAL: co-equal divine nature, fully affirmed by Orthodox Christology (Nicene-Chalcedonian); primary risk is simplification rather than syncretism in this language.
ROM.9.5
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Doctrine
Divine Calling
God's sovereign call to every believer must be distinguished from the culturally strong Orthodox category of 'chemare monahală,' a call to monastic life.
ROM.9.11-12
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Doctrine
Effectual Calling
God's sovereign call; Orthodox synergism (grace and free will cooperating) sits in real tension with a monergistic reading of 'effectual,' and this curriculum must translate Paul's actual argument without forcing either a Reformed-monergist or a synergist gloss beyond what the text supports.
ROM.9.11-12
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Glossary Term
Election
Orthodox theology generally holds a synergistic view of salvation (cooperation between divine grace and human free will) and resists monergistic double predestination as taught in Reformed Protestantism.
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
Orthodox liturgy uses 'slavă' constantly in doxological formulas ('Slavă Tatălui și Fiului și Sfântului Duh'); this is a cultural asset rather than a risk, since glory-language already resonates deeply through lived Orthodox liturgical life.
ROM.9.5
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Glossary Term
God
Standard and unambiguous across all Romanian Christian traditions.
ROM.9.5
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Glossary Term
Messiah
CRITICAL: the unique, Old Testament-promised Anointed One fulfilled exclusively in Jesus.
ROM.9.5
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Doctrine
Messianic Promise
CRITICAL: the unique, Old Testament-promised Anointed One fulfilled exclusively in Iisus Hristos.
ROM.9.5
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Glossary Term
Seed Of David
Romans 1:3; conveys physical lineage and covenant fulfillment.
ROM.9.5