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Old 07-29-2006, 04:55 PM   #21
Landroval
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Even though death entered creation through Melkor, it still serves Eru's purpose
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Originally Posted by Of the severance of marriage, Later Quenta Silmarillion, HoME X
For Eru is Lord of All, and moveth all the devices of his creatures, even the malice of the Marrer, in his final purposes, but he doth not of his prime motion impose grief upon them
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Death is indeed death and within the Great Theme cometh from the Marrer and is grievous; but Eru in this death had a purpose of immediate good, and it need not have borne any bitter fruit; whereas Death that comes from the Marrer only is intended for evil, and its healing must await in Hope only, even until the End.
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