Tag: ancient Near Eastern thought
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Explaining Haile Selassie I Through Biblical Theology and Beyond the Trinity
In the Rastafari trod, Haile Selassie I is recognized not through the lens of later church dogma such as the Trinity, but through the ancient and scripturally-rooted principle of divine kingship, name-bearing, and mediation. The recognition of His Imperial Majesty (H.I.M.) as God in Kingly Character emerges not from post-biblical philosophy, but from how God…