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TOLKIEN, C.S. LEWIS, CATHOLICISM—Jill Saunders, writing
in the Mar.-Apr. Canadian Revivalist, says there is much
evidence of J.R.R. Tolkien's devout Roman Catholicism. In a letter
to his son Michael, he said: "Out of the darkness of my life,
so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love
on earth: the Blessed Sacrament [the Mass]." Tolkien's wife
had to convert to Catholicism on their marriage, and their son,
John, became an ordained priest. Saunders adds: "It is
interesting that C.S. Lewis converted to Christianity through
Tolkien. [They] were close friends for most of their lives and
belonged to a literary group called The Inklings, who met
weekly at an Oxford pub to drink, smoke, and discuss each other's
stories. While Lewis was an Anglican, he held some R.C. views
including its doctrine of purgatory and the Mass; he also
requested the 'Last Rites' of the R.C. Church on his
deathbed." Tolkien's Lord of the Rings was basically a
religious and Catholic work.
copied from: Calvary
Contender July 2003
Liberty To
The Captives note: It is our view that Roman Catholicism
was merely Tolkien's religious cover. He had to have possessed a
working knowledge of Druidic witchcraft in order to write
Lord
of the Rings. In other words, he was deeply into the occult.
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