26 July 1979
Definition: Role. A recognizable pattern of valuations, actions, and communications which form a cohesive whole.
Examples:
| Son | Husband | Father | Grandfather |
| Boss | Administrator | Teacher | Committee member |
| Artist | Thinker | Actor | Architect |
| Friend | Adversary | Client | Benefactor |
| Glutton | Lazy lout | Dilettante | Prevaricator |
| Saint | High Priest | Counselor | President |
| Carpenter | Plumber | Electrician | Farmer |
Postulates:
- Every normal human being is playing a role at any given time.
- Roles are cultural artifacts.
- Roles are principally learned through observation and only incidentally through words.
- Agency is the choice of an implementation of a role by a responsible person.
- Every normal adult chooses among several roles as to which one will be enacted at any given moment.
Gospel Applications:
- Normal adults who know and live the Gospel of Jesus Christ are free to act as children of Jesus Christ.
- Celestial spirits are those who, when they learn the Gospel of Jesus Christ, learn to reject every role except that of a child of Jesus Christ.
- Sin is choosing and enacting any role but that of child of Jesus Christ.