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'''Clyde Kilby 19??''' is a [[ | '''Clyde S. Kilby 19??''' is a [[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|letter]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] to [[Clyde S. Kilby]], written sometime during his lifetime between [[1892]] and [[1973]]. | ||
*'''Publication:''' Generous extracts from this unpublished letter were published in ''[[Tolkien and The Silmarillion]]''. | *'''Publication:''' Generous extracts from this unpublished letter were published in ''[[Tolkien and The Silmarillion]]''. | ||
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[The excerpt below was published on the Spero Forum, a web-based forum for Baptist, Protestant, and Catholic Discussion. From member "willow", posted 09/06/2009:] | [The excerpt below was published on the Spero Forum, a web-based forum for Baptist, Protestant, and Catholic Discussion. From member "willow", posted 09/06/2009:] | ||
In his notes on 'Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth,' he claimed that his notions, based on 'beauty, majesty and simplicity' sprang from his understanding of Mary. Writing in an unpublished letter to Clyde Kilby, Tolkien refers to those who fail to accept fully 'all' the consequences of the Incarnation story as told in Scripture. 'There is something missing from any kind of Christian thought that could make such an omission.' | In his notes on 'Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth,' he claimed that his notions, based on 'beauty, majesty and simplicity' sprang from his understanding of Mary. Writing in an unpublished letter to Clyde Kilby, Tolkien refers to those who fail to accept fully 'all' the consequences of the Incarnation story as told in Scripture. 'There is something missing from any kind of Christian thought that could make such an omission.'<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.speroforum.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=1&TOPIC_ID=6436𝼨|articlename=Mary and Lord of the Rings|dated=|website=[http://www.speroforum.com/forum/default.asp Spero Forum]|accessed=31 December 2011}}</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 11:24, 31 December 2011
Clyde S. Kilby 19?? is a letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Clyde S. Kilby, written sometime during his lifetime between 1892 and 1973.
- Publication: Generous extracts from this unpublished letter were published in Tolkien and The Silmarillion.
Comment and Excerpt
[The excerpt below was published on the Spero Forum, a web-based forum for Baptist, Protestant, and Catholic Discussion. From member "willow", posted 09/06/2009:]
In his notes on 'Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth,' he claimed that his notions, based on 'beauty, majesty and simplicity' sprang from his understanding of Mary. Writing in an unpublished letter to Clyde Kilby, Tolkien refers to those who fail to accept fully 'all' the consequences of the Incarnation story as told in Scripture. 'There is something missing from any kind of Christian thought that could make such an omission.'[1]
References
- ↑ "Mary and Lord of the Rings", Spero Forum (accessed 31 December 2011)
