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Dante and the Road to Salvation, Part II
The Purgatorio
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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….
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Inferno
• Gruesome
• Spooky
• Majestic
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Purgatorio: Busy
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Purgatorio: Spectacular
Andrea Pierini,
“The Meeting of Dante and
Beatrice in Purgatory”
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Purgatorio: Serene and Hopeful
HenryParkerPayne,“The Valleyof Vision”
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Purgatory
• Themes of conversion and repentance
• Conversion Today?
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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?
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The Lesson of CasellaPurgatorio, Canto 2
JohnFlaxman,“Casella”
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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
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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)
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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)
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The Lesson of Sapìa
Purgatorio,Canto 13
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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”)?
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The Lesson of BeatriceCanto 30
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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
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Where next?
• The Paradiso– Focus on God– Communion of saints and Christian communities– Poetic pyrotechnics