Passage
Romans 15
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Doctrine
Christ-Centered Ministry
Ministry is done in Christ's name, by his power, for his glory; well established doctrinally, with residual risk only in distinguishing it from denominational-institutional service for its own sake.
ROM.15.17-21
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Doctrine
Christian Fellowship
Shared participation in Christ; well established, low-risk term across Telugu church tradition.
ROM.15.24
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Glossary Term
Church
సంఘము (assembly/congregation) is the majority Protestant/Baptist usage, matching this region's larger established denominational base; Catholic Telugu usage sometimes favors సభ.
ROM.15.26
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Doctrine
Church as God's People
Upgraded from this pipeline's typical Medium tier: Telugu Christianity's multiple long-established denominations (Baptist, Lutheran, Anglican-descended, Catholic, and independent) each carry their own settled vocabulary for church-related terms, creating a real risk of inconsistent rendering across lessons that a newer, single-tradition mission context would not face.
ROM.15.26
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Glossary Term
Covenant
నిబంధన is the long-established Telugu Bible term for a binding relational covenant; ఒప్పందం (a mutual contract) is too transactional.
ROM.15.12
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Glossary Term
David
Established proper name form.
ROM.15.12
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Doctrine
Davidic Covenant
Requires OT background explanation; no structural equivalent exists in regional devotional tradition, though the term నిబంధన itself is long-settled and uncontested across denominations.
ROM.15.12
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Doctrine
Evangelism
Established, positively-regarded vocabulary within Telugu church tradition given its indigenous mass-movement history; lower risk than in newer mission contexts, though still worth a light native-speaker pass for tone.
ROM.15.20
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Glossary Term
Exhort
Context-sensitive: use వినతి for entreaty; ప్రోత్సాహం for encouragement/building up.
ROM.15.2
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Glossary Term
Fellowship
Shared participation in Christ, not mere social friendship (స్నేహం).
ROM.15.24
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Doctrine
Fulfillment of Prophecy
Linear, one-time historical fulfillment; established in Telugu Bible teaching tradition with comparatively low syncretism risk.
ROM.15.8-12
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Glossary Term
Gentiles
Non-Jewish peoples; విదేశీయులు (foreigners) is too narrowly national.
ROM.15.7-12
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Doctrine
Gospel
సువార్త is settled, century-old vocabulary across every Telugu Christian denomination; the main task is holding the term consistently rather than defending it against a competing Hindu-tradition word.
ROM.15.19-20
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Glossary Term
Gospel
Long-established Telugu Christian term, settled across every denominational tradition in this region since the 19th-century mission era.
ROM.15.19-20
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Glossary Term
Holy
పరిశుద్ధ is the historic Baptist/Protestant-mission Telugu Bible term; పవిత్ర is more common in Catholic Telugu usage.
ROM.15.16
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Glossary Term
Holy Spirit
CRITICAL: never పరమాత్మ (the monistic Universal Self of Vedantic usage).
ROM.15.16
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Doctrine
Inspiration of Scripture
Distinguish God-breathed Scripture from devotional Telugu religious literature (e.g.
ROM.15.4
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Glossary Term
Intercession
Prayer on behalf of others; standard term.
ROM.15.30-32
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Glossary Term
Israel
Proper name; established form.
ROM.15.7-12
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Doctrine
Kingdom Mission
God's reign advancing through the gospel; well established doctrinally in Telugu church tradition.
ROM.15.12, ROM.15.18-21
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Glossary Term
Kingdom Of God
God's sovereign reign, not a territorial or political kingdom.
ROM.15.12, ROM.15.18-21
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Glossary Term
Law
Unlike several other Language Packages in this pipeline, Telugu's own established Bible tradition already renders 'the Law' (Torah) as ధర్మశాస్త్రము without significant syncretism alarm — Telugu ధర్మం carries less caste-cosmic-duty weight in everyday register than the corresponding word does further north, and the rendering is over a century old and deeply settled.
ROM.15.8-12
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Glossary Term
Messiah
CRITICAL: transliterated term; the unique OT-promised deliverer, not one of many avatar-descents.
ROM.15.8-12
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Doctrine
Messianic Promise
CRITICAL: the Messiah is the unique OT-promised deliverer, not one of the avatar-descents associated with Tirupati's Venkateswara tradition, still a live cultural reference point in Telugu-speaking Andhra Pradesh despite the region's long Christian history.
ROM.15.8-12
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Glossary Term
Mission
Given Telugu Christianity's long, indigenous, 19th-century-mass-movement roots, 'mission' carries markedly less colonial-baggage anxiety here than in more recently-evangelized contexts, though native-speaker review is still worthwhile for tone.
ROM.15.15-24
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Doctrine
Mission to the Nations
Telugu Christianity's roots in large 19th-century indigenous mass movements (rather than recent, externally-led evangelism) make 'mission' markedly less colonially loaded here than in newer mission contexts elsewhere in this pipeline.
ROM.15.15-24
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Doctrine
Mutual Edification
Building one another up in faith; no significant doctrinal risk.
ROM.15.2
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Doctrine
Prayer and Intercession
Direct access to God through Christ; distinguish from devotional puja practice for readers with extended family still in Hindu devotional traditions.
ROM.15.30-32
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Glossary Term
Prophecy
God-inspired declaration, distinct from astrological forecasting.
ROM.15.8-12
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Glossary Term
Prophet
God's spokesperson, not a fortune-teller/astrologer (జ్యోతిష్కుడు).
ROM.15.4
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Doctrine
Sanctification
The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy; also the doctrine most directly touched by the పరిశుద్ధ/పవిత్ర denominational-vocabulary choice, which this curriculum locks to పరిశుద్ధ throughout.
ROM.15.16
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Glossary Term
Sanctification
The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy, distinct from ritual purification.
ROM.15.16
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Glossary Term
Seed Of David
Romans 1:3; conveys physical lineage and OT covenant fulfillment.
ROM.15.12
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Doctrine
Separation unto God's Service
Must not be confused with generic Hindu renunciation (sannyasa); biblical separation is devotion to God while remaining fully engaged in ordinary life, a point well established in Telugu Protestant preaching tradition but worth reinforcing for readers with recently-converted extended family.
ROM.15.16
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Doctrine
Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Directly challenges caste-based spiritual hierarchy; must be translated with full theological clarity, not softened, and resonates with this community's own historical experience.
ROM.15.7-12