When explaining the papacy to Protestant friends, I usually employ the term “steward” and use Denethor from Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings as an example of what that means.
Denethor was the steward of the King. Denethor was not…
The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again was released to the British public on September 21, 1937, making 2012 the 75th anniversary of its original publication. Three-quarters of a century have now passed since the world was introduced…
