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    Dantes Inferno

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    I have always been a fan of the different interpretations people have of Heaven, Hell, or the in-between, The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is one of my favorite interpretations, taking you on Journeys beyond belief. The divine comedy is separated into 3 Canticle, which means hymn, song or psalm, Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio) and Paradise (Paradiso). The story by many is said to be real and by some non-religious orientated people it is meant to be as basic mythology, of one man’s…

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    In this first chapter you discover the peaceful movement of the cult created by George Baker later known as Father Divine. Some terms that were mentioned in the text were alienation, apostates, norm, stereotype, and mores that provided some structure for understanding. The author covered lots of material over this aging religion including, an introduction into their God, beliefs, their form of worship known as the communions banquets, George Baker’s history and coming to being as a God, the…

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    Dante's Accomplishments

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    Shakespeare. In addition, Dante was the first to use of interlocking three-line rhyme scheme was attributed to him. His comedy is widely considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature. Dante’s Divine Comedy has flourished for more than 650 years and has been considered a major work since Giovanni Boccaccio wrote a biography of Dante in…

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    the divine by means of art, philosophy, architecture, and literature. These mediums serve as outlets to express their beliefs concerning a higher power. Although they show variance and development as time progresses, each culture’s works connect to the ideas and techniques of the cultures preceding them. Each culture built upon the foundation laid before them in these regards. The Mesopotamians are the oldest known culture to have artifacts documenting their beliefs in regards to the divine.…

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    going to discuss the different views of The Biblical View and Dante’s view of Heaven and Hell. Dante’s views of Heaven and Hell in The Divine Comedy comes from biblical teachings, but he also throws some Roman Catholic religion in there. Back then when Dante was writing this Roman Catholic Teachings were very popular, and you can see this is his book. In The Divine Comedy, life after death come in three stages, Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory. Purgatory is used strongly in the Roman Catholic…

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    Dante has shown the process of redemption through the course of his writings of The Devine Comedy. This is a natural process that he has taken the time to work thought and explain thorough his description of a trip venturing through the areas of Hell, Purgatory, and finally Paradise. The works show the effects of life on a person and what can be achieved if they focus on reaching up to return to God through their life. Life has it tendency to bog us down and disrupt our trip back to God with…

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    Petersen, Walter. “Divinities and Divine Intervention in the ‘Iliad.’” The Classical Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, 1939, pp. 2–16. www.jstor.org/stable/3291227. This academic journal discusses the greek gods interfering in the affairs of men within the Iliad. It also gives a further in depth explanation of what divine intervention is, stating that the gods were given reason by nature to speak to mortals about their fate. Walter Petersen was a writer for The Classical Journal, which was awarded…

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    closer with God. Dante and Augustine both take on the similar journey to get closer to God, divine love and grace. While on their journey they were influenced by a man Virgil whom was a Roman Poet of the Aeneid. Even Dante and Augustine have different representation of their journey they both go through this journey very similarly and for the same reasons. Similar to Augustine in the story the Divine Comedy Dante’s journey starts lost in the darkness of the woods with a poet who portrays…

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    Dantes Inferno

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    In Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy, Dante travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Throughout this allegory, Dante changes during his journey from many experiences he experiences, including learning that the souls in Hell deserve their punishments, seeing the people inside of Purgatory being punished for their pride, and realizing that pride is his sin while he goes through the bottom section of Purgatory. In the second circle of Hell, Dante meets Paolo and Francesca, who says to Dante,…

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