Extemporaneous musings, occasionally poetic, about life in its richly varied dimensions, especially as relates to history, theology, law, literature, science, by one who is an attorney, ordained minister, historian, writer, and African American.
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
TYPES OF TYPES
TYPES OF TYPES
Have we kept pace with our prototype? "our pattern or plan"
Our prototype is "E PLUIBUS UNUM." i.e., "One from many."
Have we been faithful to our phenotype? i.e., "our make-up."
Our phenotype is "You are gods." Psalms 82: 6
Or, have we succumbed to their stereotypes? i.e. "caricatures"
Our numerous negative depictions .
We African American humans are empowered to become the architects of our own spiritual archetypes, if we ever:
1) reject the negative stereotypes;
2) follow the holy phenotypes; and
3) work to comply with the prototypes!
To quote 3rd Century African theologian, Origen:
"7. We have outlined, then, to the best of our knowledge, these three opinions. Each of our readers must judge for himself, with all care and diligence, whether one of them may be approved and adopted."
P.114, "Book II, Chapter III," ON FIRST PRINCIPLES (2013) by Origen.
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