Dante and the Road to Salvation, Part II

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Dante and the Road to Salvation, Part II The Purgatorio

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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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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