Passage

Romans 16

• Doctrine

  Christian Fellowship

  Shared participation in Christ, not the specific satsaṅga devotional-gathering practice of Vaishnava bhakti tradition.

  ROM.16.3-16

• Glossary Term

  Church

  Never मन्दिरम् (temple, image-centered) or मठः (a monastic institution organizationally tied to a guru-lineage, e.g.

  ROM.16.1-16

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  New covenant community, not a maṭha (guru-lineage monastic institution) or a varṇa-segregated assembly.

  ROM.16.1-16

• Glossary Term

  Fellowship

  सत्सङ्गः ('association with the good/true') is a specific, well-developed devotional practice-category in Vaishnava bhakti and later Hindu reform movements (gathering with the wise for spiritual discourse); सहभागिता (shared participation) avoids importing that specific institutional practice.

  ROM.16.3-16

• Doctrine

  Obedience of Faith

  Obedience flowing from faith, not dharmācaraṇa (conduct performed to fulfill one's prescribed varṇāśrama duty).

  ROM.16.26

• Glossary Term

  Obedience Of Faith

  Romans 1:5 and 16:26.

  ROM.16.26

• Doctrine

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term.

  ROM.16.4

• Glossary Term

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term; कृतज्ञता ('gratitude') is an acceptable descriptive synonym.

  ROM.16.4