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Originally Posted by Bęthberry
Catholics were not allowed to become Freemasons. The Catholic church decreed that the deistic religion conflicted with church theology. The 1917 Code of Canon Law states that anyone who joins the Freemasons is automatically excommunicated. I would doubt Tolkien would consider membership given that.
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No ..he was not noticeably flexible about his faith. And the articles I have seen claiming he was don't seem to be written by people with a strong hold on probability.