The Passing of Sauron

[Eriol]

March 25th always had a special meaning for me after I read LotR for the first time, some 15 years ago. It was a long time before I realized that Tolkien had chosen an important date out of the Catholic calendar... For me it will always be remembered as the Passing of Sauron, though.

I wish I could put some quotes here, about how the hearts of men were uplifted, and a great shadow departed from the world... You know where to find them!

So, even if only for a day, rejoice! A great shadow has departed! Yes, others will come, but celebrate this!


This sounds like a nutty thread... perhaps it is.

[Niniel]

Yeah maybe, but I know what you mean. I always remember when it is March 25th; as a day to remember that the world isn't all evil and that there are many good things that wil last forever.

[Celebthôl]

What is so good about 25th of March?

[Aulë]

Sméagol, the love of YayGollum's life, cast the One Ring into the fires of Mount Doom- ending Sauron's reign on that day.

Shame on you Thol, you should know that. ;)

[Celebthôl]

No silly, whats so good about it in real life, i mean to do with the Catholic calander

[Aulë]

"The Catholic Encyclopedia" states this:


"All Christian antiquity (against all astronomical possibility)
recognized the 25th of March as the actual day of Our Lord's death. The
opinion that the Incarnation also took place on that date is found in
the pseudo Cyprianic work "De Pascha Computus", c. 240. It argues that
the coming of Our Lord and His death must have coincided with the
creation andfall of Adam. And since the world was created in spring, the
Saviour was also conceived and died shortly after the equinox of spring.
Similar fanciful calculations are found in the early and later Middle
Ages, and to them, no doubt, the dates of the feast of the Annunciation
and of Christmas owe their origin. Consequently the ancient
martyrologies assign to the 25th of March the creation of Adam and the
crucifixion of Our Lord; also, the fall of Lucifer, the passing of
Israel through the Red Sea and the immolation of Isaac. (Thruston,
Christmas and the Christian Calendar, Amer. Eccl. Rev., XIX, 568.) The
original date of this feast was the 25th of March. Although in olden
times most of the churches kept no feast in Lent, the Greek Church in
the Trullan Synod (in 692; can. 52) made an exception in favour of the
Annunciation. In Rome, it was always celebrated on the 25th of March.
The Spanish Church transferred it to the 18th of December, and when some
tried to introduce the Roman observance of it onthe 25th of March, the
18th of December was officially confirmed in the whole Spanish Church by
the tenth Synod of Toledo (656). This law was abolished when the roman
liturgy was accepted in Spain."



Hehe- lots happened :)

[Celebthôl]

okie dokie thanx

[Idril]

WOW!! What a day/date!
Just goes to show, we learn something new everyday (that's genuine, not sarcastic by the way):)

[Elendil3119]

Other things that happened on March 25:

1643 - The colony of Maryland was established by Englishmen sent by Lord Baltimore.
1896 - The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece, from March 25 to April 3.
1918 - French composer, Claude Debussy died in Paris.
1965 - The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. led 25000 marchers to the state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest the denial of voting rights to African Americans.

Just a few things I found interesting. :) I had completely forgotten that this was the day of Sauron's downfall.
:o

[YayGollum]

What is up, dudes? Having all kinds of fun? Oh, I hope so! Why not? Anyways, I just had to point out that in the book, Gollum was the one that destroyed the One Ring and ended Sauron's reign. I have no idea why you people could have confused him with Frodo. :eek: :rolleyes:

[Rangerdave]

And on the 25th of March, Nineten Hundred and Sixty-Six: Rangerdave was born. Yeah Me!

I guess that makes me the new shadow?

RD

[Walter]

Originally posted by Rangerdave
And on the 25th of March, Nineten Hundred and Sixty-Six: Rangerdave was born. Yeah Me!

I guess that makes me the new shadow?

RD Come now, don't you go flattering yourself ;)

A - belated - "Happy birthday" anyway... :)