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Saint Tolkien is a blog exploring the treasures of Catholic inspiration in the life and writings of J.R.R. Tolkien, promoting his cause for canonization and helping people grow closer to Christ through his great works.

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Tolkien Quote of the Day

Frodo indeed ‘failed’ as a hero, as conceived by simple minds: he did not endure to the end; he gave in, ratted. I do not say ‘simple minds’ with contempt: they often see with clarity the simple truth and the absolute ideal to which effort...

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Inklings of Faith #7: The Metaphysics of the Soul in Middle-earth

In Tolkien’s later years, he made a kind of ‘reconsideration’ of many elements in his subcreated secondary world, like St. Augustine’s Retractions for his own works. Tolkien’s edits focused especially on Arda’s scientific and metaphysical a...

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Tolkien Quote of the Day

But at this point the ‘salvation’ of the world and Frodo’s own ‘salvation’ is achieved by his previous pity and forgiveness of injury. At any point any prudent person would have told Frodo that Gollum would certainly* betray him, and could...

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Tolkien Quote of the Day

Pity must restrain one from doing something immediately desirable and seemingly advantageous. There is no more ‘pity’ here [in William the troll’s actions in The Hobbit] than in a beast of prey yawning, or lazily patting a creature it could...

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Tolkien Quote of the Day

I do not say William [one of the trolls in The Hobbit] felt pity – a word to me of moral and imaginative worth: it is the Pity of Bilbo and later Frodo that ultimately allows the Quest to be achieved – and I do not think he showed Pity. I m...

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  • Kaleb Hammond

    I am a Roman Catholic, an aspiring writer of both fiction and nonfiction and a graduate student at Holy Apostles College & Seminary pursuing an MA in Theology. My special topics of interest are St. Thomas Aquinas and J.R.R. Tolkien.

  • Men of the West

    Men of the West is a work of masculine formation rooted in Tolkien’s Middle-earth, calling men toward brotherhood, virtue, and strength under Christ. Written by Ryan S. Matchett, husband, father of five, and Anglican priest on Vancouver Island.

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