Passage

Romans 7

• Glossary Term

  Holy

  The Vedic root sense of pavitra is a physical purifying instrument (e.g.

  ROM.7.12

• Glossary Term

  Holy Spirit

  CRITICAL -- THE SINGLE HIGHEST-STAKES TERM IN THIS ENTIRE LANGUAGE PACKAGE: आत्मन् is not a loosely 'spiritual-sounding' word but the central category of Vedāntic metaphysics.

  ROM.7.12

• Doctrine

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's work of making believers holy, not the Vedic ritual-purification sense underlying pavitra's original usage, and not yogic self-purification (śuddhi) through discipline.

  ROM.7.12

• Glossary Term

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy, distinguished from Vedic/dharmaśāstra ritual purification procedures (śuddhi) prescribed for specific ritual-impurity events.

  ROM.7.12

• Doctrine

  Thanksgiving

  Standard term.

  ROM.7.25

• Glossary Term

  Thanksgiving

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

  ROM.7.25