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Dante and the Road to Salvation, Part II

Dante and the Road to Salvation, Part II. The Purgatorio. Let’s review hell. “Even the just man sins seven times a day.” Dante’s situation in Canto 1 Three heavenly ladies in Canto 2 The Lesson of Francesca: Sin is…. The Lesson of Ugolino : Sin is…. Inferno. Gruesome Spooky Majestic.

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Dante and the Road to Salvation, Part II

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  1. Dante and the Road to Salvation, Part II The Purgatorio

  2. Let’s review hell. • “Even the just man sins seven times a day.” • Dante’s situation in Canto 1 • Three heavenly ladies in Canto 2 • The Lesson of Francesca: Sin is…. • The Lesson of Ugolino: Sin is….

  3. Inferno • Gruesome • Spooky • Majestic

  4. Purgatorio: Busy

  5. Purgatorio: Spectacular Andrea Pierini, “The Meeting of Dante and Beatrice in Purgatory”

  6. Purgatorio: Serene and Hopeful HenryParkerPayne,“The Valleyof Vision”

  7. Purgatory • Themes ofconversion and repentance • Conversion Today?

  8. Conversion Today • Private affair – “me and God” thing • Confession (to priest in secret box) • Arguments against even going to confession • 12-step programs – lock-step? • Short-term conversions – losing 10 lbs. • Zeal of the converted – bothersome? kooky?

  9. The Lesson of Casella Purgatorio, Canto 2 JohnFlaxman,“Casella”

  10. The Lesson of Casella • No complaining • Spurred from without (the Just Old Man) • Part of a “flock” • Child-like openness, curiosity, eagerness, concentration, remorse • Pigeon-like vulnerability • first eating, not strutting or proud • then frightened into flight

  11. What is Sin? • Having a heart of stone • Refusing to admit responsibility • Complaining and blaming everyone else • Being too self-reliant and not reaching out to others (either to comfort or for comfort) • Hanging onto the familiar (even when it is unhappy and unhealthful)

  12. What is Conversion? • Having a heart of flesh • Being curious and reaching out • Becoming eagerly absorbed in experience • Taking pleasure in sweetness • Taking responsibility and not complaining • Listening to correction from others • Priorities • Rushing to mend ways (even when you don’t know what to expect)

  13. The Lesson of Sapìa Purgatorio,Canto 13

  14. The Lesson of Sapìa • Unabashed admission of guilt • Reliance on others (Pier Pettinaio and Dante) • Replacing sin with its opposite:envy → fellow feeling and pleasure at God’s favor to Dante • But also vestiges of sin? • “restore my name among my kinsfolk there” • scorn for Sienese still (“foolish hopes” and “admirals”)?

  15. The Lesson of Beatrice Canto 30

  16. The Lesson of Beatrice • Review of previous lessons • Child-like remorse • Spurred from without (Beatrice) • Priorities • Public confession • Intense emotion • Clarity of right path – not hard or obscure or unreasonable

  17. Where next? • The Paradiso • Focus on God • Communion of saints and Christian communities • Poetic pyrotechnics

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