Passage

Romans 6

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, not in clan (qabiil) identity, which in Somali society provides not only social belonging but literal mutual-protection and physical security in a context of weak central state institutions; choosing an identity that relativizes clan primacy can carry costs well beyond social disapproval.

  ROM.6.1-11

• Doctrine

  Grace

  Unmerited favor apart from camal wanaagsan (good deeds).

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  Nimco conveys unearned favor apart from merit.

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Holy

  Quduus = set apart for God, morally pure; shared with the Arabic-loan divine attribute Al-Quddus.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Holy Spirit

  CRITICAL: 'Ruh al-Qudus,' the same phrase, is widely explained in Islamic commentary as referring to the archangel Jibriil aiding Jesus, not a co-equal divine Person.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Resurrection

  CRITICAL: Must affirm real bodily death followed by bodily resurrection.

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

  CRITICAL: Qur'an 4:157 denies Jesus actually died on the cross.

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy, distinguished from ritual cleaning (nadiifin) and from Sufi ascetic self-purification practices.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Must not be confused with Sufi ascetic withdrawal or with the ritual status of a wadaad (religious specialist) set apart by training rather than by God's direct call.

  ROM.6.22