Passage

Romans 13

• Glossary Term

  Justification

  CRITICAL: the historical Reformation-Trent fault line.

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• Glossary Term

  Righteousness

  CRITICAL: justicia de Dios in Romans is a right standing granted by God through faith, not self-achieved moral rectitude.

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• Doctrine

  Salvation

  CRITICAL: reconciliation with a personal God received by faith, not a lifelong, uncertain outcome secured through sacraments, penance, and saintly or Marian intercession, as folk Catholic piety in much of Latin America can imply.

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• Glossary Term

  Salvation

  CRITICAL: unlike Hindi, there is no false-cognate word to reject here, but Latin American folk Catholic piety commonly treats salvación as a lifelong, uncertain outcome secured through sacraments, penance, and the intercession of saints and the Virgin.

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