‘The Workhouse’ – Tolkien’s Purgatory - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

davem · 04-24-2007, 04:10 PM

Hasn't the Pope just done away with Purgatory? Or is it just Limbo that's been consigned to, er, limbo?

Selmo · 04-25-2007, 02:41 AM

The Catholic Church has down-played purgatory since Vatican II and has now dropped it completely.

However, that would not have affected Tolkien's thinking. He grew up believing the erroneous idea of purgatory and would believe it still, no matter what the Pope said. He hated change. For example, he was never comfortable with the Mass in English instead of Latin.
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04-24-2007, 04:10 PM	#1
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Hasn't the Pope just done away with Purgatory? Or is it just Limbo that's been consigned to, er, limbo? __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."

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04-25-2007, 02:41 AM	#2
Selmo Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Shire (Staffordshire), United Kingdom Posts: 273	The Catholic Church has down-played purgatory since Vatican II and has now dropped it completely. However, that would not have affected Tolkien's thinking. He grew up believing the erroneous idea of purgatory and would believe it still, no matter what the Pope said. He hated change. For example, he was never comfortable with the Mass in English instead of Latin. .