He continued to practice Catholicism until he died, which sometimes clashed with others’ denominational beliefs.
In a 1941 letter to his son Michael, Tolkien wrote that his mother died young from a disease “hastened by persecution of her faith.”Īfter his mother died, Tolkien and his brother were raised by a Roman Catholic priest, Francis Xavier Morgan. His mother died from diabetes in 1904, and Tolkien partly blamed her death on Baptist relatives deserting her after she joined the Roman Catholic church. His father died when Tolkien was three, and shortly afterward, his family converted to Roman Catholicism. Tolkien (1892-1973) came from an English family that initially followed Anglican Christianity.
Many people have read his epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings, and especially in the last 20 years, many have wondered whether Christian themes or symbols are hiding in his work. Tolkien’s 130 th birthday, and his work is even more popular than during his lifetime.
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