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

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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04-25-2007, 02:41 AM	#31
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. .