(urth) Corundum of the Claw

[Matthew Weber]

I don't think so.  "The mystical Body of Christ" is another way of saying
"the Church"--but not the human institution, or any particular human
institution.  It's what the Book of Common Prayer calls "the blessed company
of all faithful people".

I don't see any reason to disbelieve Wolfe when he tells us that Severian is
intended to be Christian, not Christ.  Like most Christians (including me),
he makes disastrous mistakes, and the few things he gets right are more or
less by accident.

Or Grace--but that's another sermon, innit?

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:39 PM, John Watkins <john.watkins04 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Again, me too.  The mystic body of Christ is a pretty broad concept.
> The statement is perhaps identical to the statement that Severian is a
> member of the Order for Seekers of Truth and Penitence.
>
> http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10663a.htm
>
> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 3:22 PM,  <brunians at brunians.org> wrote:
> > He has denied him being Christ.
> >
> > He has stated that he is a member of the mystical Body.
> >
> > .
> >
> >
> >>
> >> On Jun 24, 2010, at 3:03 PM, Jordon Flato wrote:
> >>
> >>> Well, I'm certainly not making the case that he is literally Jesus.
>  But
> >>> he is far from the literal anti-christ.
> >>
> >>
> >> Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't Gene outwardly denied Severian being
> >> christ-like?
> >>
> >> ...ryan
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-- 
Matt +

The limbs of a dismembered poet.
Horace [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] (65-8 B.C.), Satires, bk. I [35 B.C.],
satire iv,  l. 62
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