Abaia and the undines

James Wynn · 06 Dec 2008, 06:15 · from 2008-December.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 00:15:20 -0600
Subject: (urth) Abaia and the undines
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>> I seem to recall that in an interview with James Jordan, Wolfe balked
>> giving any place to Severian a stand-in for Christ. He explicitly
>> corrected Jordan by stating he was a "Christ-figure".
> 
> He is, according to Wolfe a manifestation of the Mystical Body of Christ.
> Perhaps it is more accurate to say that he participates in the Mystical
> Body of Christ.
> 
> In Catholicism, the communicant eats the flesh and drinks the blood of
> Christ. Christ (or bits of Him) thus becomes part of the communicant. The
> Christian does not and cannot become Christ: Christ is the Unique
> Incarnation. Christ becomes part of the Christian.
> 

So you're saying he's a Christian, not a Christ.

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