Passage

Romans 6

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, not in national/ethnic Turkish-Muslim identity, which is a strong and often fused cultural-religious category in this context (Turk = Muslim, in much popular usage).

  ROM.6.1-11

• Doctrine

  Grace

  Unmerited favor given apart from salih amel (righteous deeds).

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Grace

  Lütuf conveys unearned favor given apart from merit.

  ROM.6.1, ROM.6.14-15

• Glossary Term

  Holy

  Kutsal = set apart for God, morally pure.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Holy Spirit

  CRITICAL: In Qur'anic usage, 'Ruh al-Qudus' (the same phrase, Kutsal Ruh) is widely understood by Muslim commentators to refer to the archangel Gabriel aiding Jesus, not a co-equal divine Person.

  ROM.6.19, ROM.6.22

• Glossary Term

  Resurrection

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

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

  CRITICAL: Qur'an 4:157 denies that Jesus actually died on the cross, teaching instead that he was raised to God without dying (a common interpretation is that another was made to appear as him).

  ROM.6.4-5

• Doctrine

  Sanctification

  The Spirit's ongoing work of making believers holy, distinguished from ritual purification (tahara/wudu-adjacent arınma) 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-tradition asceticism or withdrawal (zühd) associated with evliya figures.

  ROM.6.22