Passage

Romans 6

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, not caste, ethnic heritage, or accumulated karmic status.

  ROM.6.1-11

• Doctrine

  Grace

  Tamil Sri Vaishnavism's prapatti debate (the Tenkalai "cat-and-kitten" wholly-unconditioned grace versus the Vadakalai "monkey-and-baby" cooperative grace) offers a genuinely sophisticated point of theological comparison, but Christian grace must still be taught as received through faith in Christ's finished work, not ritual surrender to a deity.

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  Unmerited favor apart from human merit.

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Holy

  Set apart for God and morally pure.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Holy Spirit

  CRITICAL: never பிரம்மம் (Tamil transliteration of the Hindu Brahman) or பரமாத்மா (the universal Self).

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• 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.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

  CRITICAL: bodily, once-for-all resurrection.

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy; established, low-ambiguity term.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy; established, low-ambiguity Tamil Bible term.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Must not be confused with the Tamil Siddhar or ascetic-renunciate ideal.

  ROM.6.22