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What follows is Miaphysite (Ethiopian Tewahedo) vs Roman Catholic Christology, seen through a Rastafari lens — not academic abstraction, but lived Word-made-flesh reality.

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1. Rastafari foundation (the lens itself)

Rastafari approaches Christ not as:

• an abstract metaphysical problem, but

• a living manifestation of Jah in history

Key Rastafari principles:

• Word–Sound–Power → the Word is active, creative, embodied

• I-and-I → unity of divine and human without separation

• Livity → truth is lived, not merely defined

• Zion → Ethiopia as spiritual axis, not metaphor

This already leans naturally toward Miaphysite unity, not Chalcedonian compartmentalization.

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2. Miaphysite / Tewahedo through Rastafari

Miaphysis = one united nature of the Word incarnate

From a Rastafari view:

• Jah does not “visit” flesh — Jah appears in flesh

• Divinity and humanity are one continuous reality

• No switching masks between “God-mode” and “man-mode”

This resonates directly with:

• John 1:14 — the Word was made flesh

• I-and-I — God and man not alienated

• Tewahedo — “made one”

Haile Selassie I, in this framework, is understood by many Rastas as:

• theophanic (God revealed in time)

• not a metaphor

• not a divided nature

Miaphysite Christology says:

The divine does not overpower the human — it fills it.

That is very close to Rastafari consciousness.

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3. Roman Catholic (Chalcedonian) through Rastafari

Chalcedon says:

• Christ has two distinct natures

• united in one person

• carefully defined, legally precise

From a Rastafari perspective, this can feel:

• overly Roman

• overly juridical

• too focused on classification over revelation

Rastafari critique (not condemnation):

• Two-nature language can sound like separation

• It risks placing God above flesh rather than in flesh

• It speaks about Christ more than it embodies Christ

Rasta reasoning:

If Jah dwell among I, Jah must dwell fully, not partially.

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4. Why Rastafari aligns more with Tewahedo

Theme Rastafari Ethiopian Tewahedo

Unity I-and-I One united nature

Incarnation Jah in flesh Word made flesh

Authority Living revelation Apostolic continuity

Africa Zion (Ethiopia) Ethiopia

Theology Lived Liturgical

Christ Present Incarnate

This is why Rastafari historically:

• reveres Ethiopia

• respects Tewahedo

• distrusts Rome

• sees division as Babylonian

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5. Important clarity (no confusion)

Rastafari ≠ Ethiopian Orthodox

They are not the same religion.

But:

• Rastafari resonates with Miaphysite unity

• Rastafari rejects abstract monophysitism

• Rastafari insists divinity must be real, embodied, visible

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6. One-sentence summary (Rasta voice)

Rome explains Christ; Ethiopia reveals Christ; Rastafari lives Christ.

If you want, next we can:

• trace Haile Selassie I and Chalcedonian diplomacy

• show why Selassie never declared himself God

• connect Nyabinghi, Trinity, and Tewahedo

• go deeper into I-and-I as ontological unity

With my pieces scattered through time and space I will melt the sad prose that is stuck between neurons in my brain, and I will turn my boiling blood golden to piece together the mess you broke

And I will call it art.