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''' | At an unknown date, [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] wrote '''[[Letters not published in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien|a letter]] to [[Clyde S. Kilby]]'''. | ||
*'''Publication:''' Generous extracts from this unpublished letter were published in ''[[Tolkien and The Silmarillion]]''. | *'''Publication:''' Generous extracts from this unpublished letter were published in ''[[Tolkien and The Silmarillion]]''.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 Writing in an unpublished letter to Clyde Kilby, Tolkien refers to those who fail to accept fully 'all' the consequences of the Incarnation story as told in Scripture.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 Writing in an unpublished letter to Clyde Kilby, Tolkien refers to those who fail to accept fully 'all' the consequences of the Incarnation story as told in Scripture.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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Latest revision as of 08:31, 18 March 2024
At an unknown date, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to Clyde S. Kilby.
- Publication: Generous extracts from this unpublished letter were published in Tolkien and The Silmarillion.
Comment and Excerpt[edit | edit source]
[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)
