Imputed Righteousness

CRITICAL: ‘Credited/reckoned’ righteousness (вменённая, from вменить, ‘to reckon/count as’) translates Paul’s forensic-accounting language in Romans 4 reasonably well, but this entire imputation framework is a specifically Western/Reformation theological category with no developed parallel in Orthodox soteriology, which prefers participatory/transformative categories (theosis) over legal ones. This compound must be explicitly taught, not assumed as background knowledge, and заслуженная (‘earned’) is explicitly rejected as its exact opposite.