Glossary Term
Risk: Medium- Approved rendering
- клопотання
- Transliteration
- klopotannya
- Rejected alternatives
- заступництво (reserve for saints'/Theotokos intercession contexts)
Intercession
клопотання is the correct general term for prayer on behalf of others (Romans 8:26-27). заступництво is the term used almost exclusively in Orthodox and Greek Catholic devotion for the intercession of the saints and the Mother of God (Богородиця); using it here would blur Christ’s and the Spirit’s unique intercessory role in Romans 8 with that specific devotional practice.
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