<span style>"Severian, as a reformed torturer, is a </span><span style>pagan trying to become more Christian."</span><div><span style><br></span></div><div><span style><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">That is an appealing notion, particularly since in the beginning Severian does not seem to have any control over his specifically Christ-like powers, such as resurrection, but does have a degree of control over healing, using the Claw.</font></span></div>
<div><span style><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"> "</font></span><span style>Did the Cumaean raise Apu-Punchau, or did Severian?"</span></div>
<div><span style><br></span></div><div><span style>I don't think anyone ever "raised" Apu-Punchau as Severian resurrected other characters. My impression was rather that the Cumaean had taken the group back in time, to the Apu-Punchau period. </span></div>