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Apr 2024
2h 27m

100 - There's (No) Religion in Middle-ea...

Fr. Anthony Cook, Dcn. Seraphim Richard Rohlin, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, and Ancient Faith Ministries
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After 99 episodes of talking about how to interpret Tolkien’s works in religious and specifically Orthodox Christian terms, in Episode 100 Fr. Andrew and Richard talk about all that religion that really is in Middle-earth. Because actually it really is in there – prayer, worship, invocation of saints, etc. The episode wraps up with a big announcement about ... Show More
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