Companion to the Divine ComedyThe poem discusses "the state of the soul after death and presents an image of divine justice meted out as due punishment or reward", and describes Dante's travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Allegorically, the poem represents the soul's journey towards God, beginning with the recognition and rejection of sin (Inferno), followed by the penitent Christian life (Purgatorio), which is then followed by the soul's ascent to God (Paradiso). Dante draws on medieval Catholic theology and philosophy, especially Thomistic philosophy derived from the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas. Consequently, the Divine Comedy has been called "the Summa in verse". |
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Page 204
... Church , with Revelation for its guide , and the sevenfold Spirit of God in the keeping of the seven Virtues . A change as wonderful as this was experienced once before , when the three disciples who had witnessed the Transfiguration ...
... Church , with Revelation for its guide , and the sevenfold Spirit of God in the keeping of the seven Virtues . A change as wonderful as this was experienced once before , when the three disciples who had witnessed the Transfiguration ...
Page 208
... Church described at the end of Canto XXXII . The Theological and the Cardinal Virtues sing the verses alternately . 6. Mary at the foot of the cross — the Mater dolorosa of art and song — was scarcely more altered by grief than Beatrice ...
... Church described at the end of Canto XXXII . The Theological and the Cardinal Virtues sing the verses alternately . 6. Mary at the foot of the cross — the Mater dolorosa of art and song — was scarcely more altered by grief than Beatrice ...
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... Church ; here all the elect are gathered , in company with the Apostles and the Evangelists , to whom , perhaps , this heaven especially belongs . In this borderland between the visible and the invisible universe , Jesus , the Man - God ...
... Church ; here all the elect are gathered , in company with the Apostles and the Evangelists , to whom , perhaps , this heaven especially belongs . In this borderland between the visible and the invisible universe , Jesus , the Man - God ...
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