Passage

Romans 6

• Glossary Term

  Holy

  Standard adjective root for set-apart purity before Mwari; distinguish from ritual purity required before approaching ancestral spirits.

  ROM.6.19-22

• 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.6.4-9

• 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.6.4-9

• Doctrine

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy before Mwari; distinguish from ritual cleansing rites performed to satisfy ancestral spirits.

  ROM.6.19-22

• Glossary Term

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy; distinguish from ritual cleansing rites performed to satisfy ancestral spirits.

  ROM.6.19-22