[Pyro7480]

The Secret Fire isn't the only reference to God or Christ, but it is one of the most clear. Read Corin and ahadam's responses to you too. Your rejection of what is clear, and what Tolkien made clear in LOTR is a bit surprising, coming from a "traditionalist" Catholic. You don't find the date of the destruction of the Ring, the twenty-fifth of March, as being an indication of what Tolkien was trying to do with his epic? Or is it a mere coincidence to you?

[ahadams2]

maybe he's a 'sola Scriptura' trad Catholic....

I'm sorry but as an Anglican that was beyond my fallen nature to resist!:-)

[Maximilian]

don't find the date of the destruction of the Ring, the twenty-fifth of March, as being an indication of what Tolkien was trying to do with his epic? Or is it a mere coincidence to you?

Every day in the calendar is a feast of something or other. So no matter what date Tolkien chose, you could have made the same argument. As to March 25th, the destruction of the ring has nothing in common with the angelic annunciation of a message. They are events that are not categorically similar.