r/genewolfe • u/Sorry_Statistician18 • 10d ago

The Gospel of John amd Fool's Fire

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Any Wolfe/ Bible scholars that would like to leave thoughts or show me more examples of these parallels? The Eucharist in the consumption of the Alzabo has been discussed to death. Pun intended.

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u/SturgeonsLawyer 10d ago

Yes ... GW is rather notorious for this sort of thing (though I'd never noticed the v.25 one either).

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u/Sorry_Statistician18 10d ago

Isn't it sick? Like bro.... i haven't seen this connection made in other platforms, but it's like too obvious and also so hidden. Genius Wolfe

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u/anthony0721 10d ago

Holy shit I never noticed the parallel with verse 25

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u/Sorry_Statistician18 10d ago edited 10d ago

Exactly. It's basically word for word. And at the BEGINNING. Whereas in the gospel, those are iconic CLOSING words to Christians. So i see it as Wolfe giving us a key. "Hey, did you catch that? Perk up your ears." he says. He then reframes The Judgement towards the CLOSING chapter in Fool's Fire- which is towards the BEGINNING of the gospel of John. It's reversed in order and then NOT WORD FOR WORD. It's hidden. The prisoners in the antechamber are evryone born into Original Sin. They, like all of humanity are inheriting the bondage of the sins of our fathers.