Many thanks to T. S. O'Rama, he of the coolest blog name at St. Blog's, for his extravagant compliment!
Meanwhile there's a new blog in the parish, The Southfarthing Soapbox - perhaps the first blog run by hobbitfolk. This extraordinary development raises a few questions in my mind - are hobbits human? If not, are they in need of salvation? How does Christ's Incarnation apply to them, etc.?
One of Southfarthing's gentlehobbits noticed my rant about mucky irritating old holy cards and wondered, "what's with the tone?" Well, it takes all kinds. I'm the kind who enjoys vociferous execration of things that irritate me. I have a strong revulsion to portraying saints - SAINTS! - as weak swooning delicate things. If St. Louis de Montfort was a large guy who even as a holy priest could get worked up into a towering ass-kicking rage and knock some jerks unconscious with one punch each, well, perhaps a sweet delicate pious representation isn't quite the thing. At least for me.
Anyway.
Posted by billw at May 1, 2003 05:29 PMAmen, brother !
I would add that part of why I like icons is that Eastern depictions of angels don't look like teenage girls with wings....
Posted by: Donna Marie Lewis at May 2, 2003 01:09 PMAs to hobbits, it is said in the Prologue to "The Lord of the Rings" that hobbits are related to human beings, unlike elves or dwarves. Their exact origins , however, are shrouded in mystery, as their " branching off " from the rest of humanity seems to have taken place in the First Age. The only surviving records of the First Age were written by elves and are centered on Elven history. Men sometimes appear, but hobbits are not mentioned.
Posted by: Donna Marie Lewis at May 2, 2003 01:16 PMhmm. I clicked on comment to come in here and explain things... but it lookes like Nârwen has outclassed me with a better explanation than I could have provided. I only add that since middle earth is pre-incarnation and outside of the Old Covanent, anyone in need of salvation has only grace and hope available. No true religion or sacraments as we know them. But that's not a total loss. There's pipe-leaf.
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