(urth) Aside on Christ figures in TBotNS

[Son of Witz]

>Are you asking for my philosophical and theological speculation, or
>are you asking about the teachings of the ancient Christian churches?

no, I'm merely asking one to strip away the PLOT and try to deal with what the story is getting at.  He's cast aliens as angels, metaphorically. It seems really obvious to me.  Who cares if their "not" literally angels in Severian's world. They're metaphorically Angels doing the work of God.  Of course, that can be doubted to the ends of time.