Passage

Romans 10

• Glossary Term

  Jesus

  Standard, well-established Shona Bible transliteration.

  ROM.10.9

• Glossary Term

  Lord

  Must convey exclusive, supreme lordship.

  ROM.10.9

• Doctrine

  Lordship of Jesus Christ

  Christ's lordship (Ishe) must be taught as exceeding and relativizing any human chieftaincy claim, since Ishe is also a traditional title of respect for a chief.

  ROM.10.9

• Glossary Term

  Messiah

  The Anointed One promised in the Old Testament, fulfilled exclusively in Jesus; 'Kristu' (Christ) is used interchangeably in Shona Bibles but 'Mesiasi' preserves the Jewish messianic expectation background.

  ROM.10.9

• Glossary Term

  Resurrection

  Bodily, historical, once-for-all rising; must not be conflated with becoming an ancestral spirit (vadzimu) after death, a central concept in traditional Shona belief about the afterlife.

  ROM.10.9

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Jesus Christ

  Bodily, historical, once-for-all rising; must not be conflated with a deceased person becoming an ancestral spirit (vadzimu), the culturally dominant Shona understanding of what happens after death.

  ROM.10.9

• Doctrine

  Salvation

  Reconciliation with Mwari through Christ, not physical protection or deliverance from misfortune sought through ancestral appeasement.

  ROM.10.9-13

• Glossary Term

  Salvation

  Must not be reduced to physical protection or deliverance from misfortune, which traditional religion seeks through ancestral mediation; this is reconciliation with Mwari through Christ.

  ROM.10.9-13