(urth) Corundum of the Claw

[brunians at brunians.org]

Indeed.

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> 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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