Is [i]The Lord of the Rings[/i] really Catholic?

[VeraeFidei]

Too long to post the entire article.

http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-fantasy-writing-of-tolkien-was.html#more

This is quite provocative, seeing as a lot of trads, myself included, are big fans of Tolkein and LOTR. I am not sure what I think (only read the first 1/2 so far, it is long).

[Sockpuppet]

Is there anything we're allowed to read?

[Hannelore]

I didn't read The Lord of the Rings critically. I read it as a fantasy epic, and enjoyed it in that light. I would be interested in reading an annotated version, though, to be able to understand any hidden layers of meaning.

[The Harlequin King]

Is there anything we're allowed to read?

With the two exceptions of The Ottaviani Intervention and Sungenis' "Galileo Was Wrong"..... no. Not even the Bible.

[Kaesekopf]

This is way too long to even bother with.

[Larry]

Too many Trads seem to take their cue from Protestant Fundamentalism, and not from authentic pre Vatican II Catholicism.

[Der Kaiser]

THis was dumb. Yes Tolkien took his ideas from Anglo/Saxon paganism and as I recall the Churches "transubstantiation idea" comes from Aristotle, a pagan. It is fantasy they are stories. There are good guys and bad guys whats the beef about. This article is "toolish"

[Chestertonian]

Is there anything we're allowed to read?

With the two exceptions of The Ottaviani Intervention and Sungenis' "Galileo Was Wrong"..... no. Not even the Bible.

No way, can't read the Bible, that has talking animals in it.  Everyone knows animals can't talk.

[Arun]

Too many Trads seem to take their cue from Protestant Fundamentalism, and not from authentic pre Vatican II Catholicism.

yeah man i been saying that for years eh

[LouisIX]

Too many Trads seem to take their cue from Protestant Fundamentalism, and not from authentic pre Vatican II Catholicism.

Bingo.

[piabee]

Is there anything we're allowed to read?

Why would you want to? They're boring as heck.

[Bonaventure]

Too many Trads seem to take their cue from Protestant Fundamentalism, and not from authentic pre Vatican II Catholicism.

Bingo.

You can't do that. We've gotta dress like them, think television and music are Satanic like them, have weird, Jansenistic ideas about sex like them, and bunker up and prep like them.

[The Harlequin King]

Is there anything we're allowed to read?

Why would you want to? They're boring as heck.

Trollin'?

What would you rate as an exciting novel series?

[dueSicilie]

Is there anything we're allowed to read?

With the two exceptions of The Ottaviani Intervention and Sungenis' "Galileo Was Wrong"..... no. Not even the Bible.

No way, can't read the Bible, that has talking animals in it.  Everyone knows animals can't talk.

Are you suggesting that the Scriptures are wrong about those animal talking?

[Sockpuppet]

Is there anything we're allowed to read?

Why would you want to? They're boring as heck.

When will your war against taste end?!