Passage

Romans 4

• Doctrine

  Faith

  Personal trust in Christ; distinguish from பக்தி (bhakti), an unusually richly developed devotional category in Tamil Shaiva and Vaishnava poetic tradition.

  ROM.4.1-25

• Glossary Term

  Faith

  Personal trust in Christ specifically.

  ROM.4.1-25

• Glossary Term

  Resurrection

  CRITICAL: NEVER use மறுபிறவி (rebirth/reincarnation), a concept shared by both Tamil Hindu tradition and Tamil Nadu's historically significant Jain communities, whose classical-era influence on Tamil literature and religious vocabulary runs deep.

  ROM.4.25

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

  CRITICAL: bodily, once-for-all resurrection.

  ROM.4.25