Monday, November 19, 2012

The "Catholic" Hobbit

Here's a great episode showing some of the underlying themes in the Hobbit movie coming out:

(You may want to skip the first 5 minutes.)


If you're interested in more of the Phil. of LOTR,
I'd suggest Kreeft's book:

2 comments:

  1. Josh, are you a Catholic?

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    1. Kind of. By denomination, I am Lutheran (LCMS). But,the meaning of "Catholic" is more than just Roman Catholic. As a matter of fact, in our creeds we confess that we are part of a "catholic" church. In this definition, we are members of the "according to the whole" church. It's an expression used to describe the holy invisible Christian Church which includes all who believe in Christ as the Savior and Lord along with other basic Christian beliefs.

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