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Old 08-13-2013, 01:39 AM   #1
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I think in Rateliff's History of the Hobbit there is a mention that Tolkien decided Radagast hadn't failed.I must try and find it.

as for the Blue Friars..there is some sort of society of Masonic authors. i have seen some speculation of msonic references in Tolkien's work ut i dont remember rading ever that Tolkien was a mason himself.
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Old 08-13-2013, 01:28 PM   #2
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I think in Rateliff's History of the Hobbit there is a mention that Tolkien decided Radagast hadn't failed.I must try and find it.

as for the Blue Friars..there is some sort of society of Masonic authors. i have seen some speculation of msonic references in Tolkien's work ut i dont remember rading ever that Tolkien was a mason himself.
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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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.
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.
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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.
That is true. However, if I recall Catholics WERE allowed to join the Knights of Columbus (in fact, I think that was why that particular Order was formed, to provide good Catholics with an alternative) Anyone know if Tolkien was a member of that? (Actually, I don't know if KNOC has/had branches in England)and if so, if they had comparable rituals that could have left inspiration
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That is true. However, if I recall Catholics WERE allowed to join the Knights of Columbus (in fact, I think that was why that particular Order was formed, to provide good Catholics with an alternative) Anyone know if Tolkien was a member of that? (Actually, I don't know if KNOC has/had branches in England)and if so, if they had comparable rituals that could have left inspiration
According to the KofC website, they don't seem to have any presence in the UK.
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According to the KofC website, they don't seem to have any presence in the UK.
Ok never mind
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TheUK equivalent are the Knights of St Colomba.
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