<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span></span></div><div>Lee wrote:<br><br>"Given Jeff's consideration of Wolfe's assessment of the reality of pagan gods, this re-<br>combining theme makes Wolfe's personal theology very interesting with regard to pagan<br>gods, the Trinity and Christianity. " </div><div> </div><div> <br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div dir="ltr">I actually fancy that the Latro books are an exploration of the pre-Christian zeitgeist leading up to the time of the Pax Roman that becomes something of the ultimate philosophical moment of
Christian history - mankind is at last ready for divine revision, and that readiness creates a scenario were immutable God takes on a mutable human nature. Wolfe's gnostic play is here in full force - it is impossible to ignore the ideological differences between the Creator God and the God who is fully human and fully divine; the relationship between what people believe in and their own character no doubt shapes their perception of the world of the divine.</div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr">The paradox of pagan gods being "real" in a Christian world view is something that bears thinking about, but I think that trite coin motto works: e pluribus unum ... but mankind must be unified, too.</div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"> </div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>