(urth) Urth - Earth links

[Marc Aramini]

It's infinitely clear in New Sun that the Conciliator is a syncretic blend of a historical Christ and the legendary possibilities of his return, after-Christ, but it only becomes obvious in Urth how that syncretism comes about (robert and maria are missionaries, Silk sees Jesus, etc. etc., Jesus exists in the Solar Cycle, and Severian is not him though he may reenact portions of the Christian passion (as does Tzadkiel, for that matter).  Sev's whole trial indicates that it is imitation and substitution at work in the salvation effort, he doesn't even bear the sacrificial burden there.
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