Many RasTafari bredrin and sistren don’t realize how much Protestant influence has shaped their understanding of Christianity. Yet His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I was not Protestant — He was a devout member of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, one of the oldest Apostolic Churches in the world. RasTafari is not a branch of Protestantism. It is a return to the original African and Apostolic faith — the same Christianity practiced in Ethiopia, Egypt, and the early African Church before