Wolfe and Eusebius

James Jordan · 14 Jun 2002, 17:31 · from urth-v0206.mbox · original

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From: James Jordan <jbjordan4 at cox.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) Wolfe and Eusebius
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 12:31:33 -0500
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At 11:25 AM 6/11/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>The recent talk about Chadwick's "History of the Early Church" made me thi=
nk
>of another Church history book that I'm convinced is sitting on Wolfe's
>shelf at this moment:
>Eusebius' "Historia Ecclesiastica" ("History of the Church").

         Right on the money. I cannot imagine you are wrong about thi.


>A search of the Urth lists revealed that it has already been shown here th=
at
>Severian's name comes from a later name of the Encratites (a 2nd century
>Gnostic sect). But I didn't see anyone note that the varied and ingenious
>tortures of Christians in Gaul under Marcus Aurelius (Book 6) leads one to
>think of the Torturers Guild.

         Yes, and we do have quotations from Aurelius in Silk's book, no?=20
And Severian founded the Torturers, and he's emperor. But Wolfe does not=20
like the Torturers, and Severian is also a Christian of some sort. More=20
conflation and ambiguity from Wolfe. Severian is Mr. Imperfect!
         I agree with alga (again! what's happening here, alga?): a great=20
find and contribution to the discussion.

Nutria



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