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I would say though that Tolkien would have little problem with Orthodoxy, historical political conflicts with Rome notwithstanding. The Catholic position on the Eastern Church was always merely "schismatic," i.e. not obedient to the Pope, rather than the "heretical" label that was applied to all Protestants until modern times. Orthodox Christians then and now are permitted Communion in Catholic churches, unlike Protestants.
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The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.
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