I thought the reference to Tolkien speaking of "the long defeat" was very good Rod. I did not know he had said that. I followed your link, and found this - realistic and yet encouraging. Thanks!
<<<"Actually I am a Christian,” Tolkien wrote of himself, “and indeed a Roman Catholic, so that I do not expect ‘history’ to be anything but a ‘l…
I thought the reference to Tolkien speaking of "the long defeat" was very good Rod. I did not know he had said that. I followed your link, and found this - realistic and yet encouraging. Thanks!
<<<"Actually I am a Christian,” Tolkien wrote of himself, “and indeed a Roman Catholic, so that I do not expect ‘history’ to be anything but a ‘long defeat’— though it contains (and in legend may contain more clearly and movingly) some samples or glimpses of final victory” (Letters 255).">>>
I thought the reference to Tolkien speaking of "the long defeat" was very good Rod. I did not know he had said that. I followed your link, and found this - realistic and yet encouraging. Thanks!
<<<"Actually I am a Christian,” Tolkien wrote of himself, “and indeed a Roman Catholic, so that I do not expect ‘history’ to be anything but a ‘long defeat’— though it contains (and in legend may contain more clearly and movingly) some samples or glimpses of final victory” (Letters 255).">>>
Fr. Stephen Freeman has written quite a bit about Tolkien's "long defeat" on his blog Glory To God for All Things. One of the best blogs out there.