Heaven

“The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.” by Dante Alighieri. This shows a little into Dante’s thinking as he ranked moral failures through his structure of hell. In Dante’s Inferno there are nine different circle or levels of hell. In these circle there are different punishments for the different sins people commit throughout their life. The worst the sin is that you commit, the lower in hell you go and the worst your punishment…

It would seem unimaginable that in time God would resurrect all persons who have passed to their original bodily form. That those who were cremated and their ashes spread in the ocean or on earth would be restored by God’s will. Like most people, I’ve experienced loss of a loved one, my mother who was cremated and her ashes spread in Rocky Mountain National Park, her request while living. Linda Badham’s realistic approach of resurrection and the problems associated with life after death…

help. Being afraid and doubtful of his ability he enlists the help of Virgil in a long way why he was the one chosen for the journey. He begins to compare himself to Aeneas, from Virgil’s Aeneid and also St. Peter both traveled in the Underworld and Heaven. Dante begins to claim that he is not as worthy as these figures and begins to ask the question any average person would ask “Why Me”. Virgil understands that his “soul has been assailed by cowardice” and explains why he, Virgil, was chosen…

Textual Analysis Purgatory is where “the human spirit purges himself, and climbing to Heaven makes himself worthy”(The World of Dante). In Dante, Purgatory is divided into three sections called Antepurgatory, Purgatory Proper, and Earthly Paradise. Inside purgatory the upper part of the mountain contains seven terraces, each consisting of one of the seven capital sins (The World of Dante). After visiting the first terrace, that of the prideful, Dante the pilgrim and Virgil arrive at the second…

sinful process. Although, the afterlife was glorious and your spirit would live on. Death for the Egyptians, however, depended on who the person was. After your fate was determined with the Chief of the Underworld, you would then be directing on to “heaven” or “hell”. The Hindus took the entire process in a series of various stages. Post-death depends on…

connection is necessary for the human soul to closeness with God. In Book VI is an example is stated “Even now after the descent of Life to you will ye not ascend and live? But wither ascend ye, when ye are on high and set your mouth against the heavens. Descend that ye may ascend and ascend God. For ye Fallen, by ascending against him.…

The following line of text expresses the place of the Holy Ones above the clouds. In the uppermost heaven, the Great Glory resides in the Holy of Holies. Several layers of heaven form an “in-between world organized in a hierarchical fashion between [God and] . . . this world full of injustices.” The separation begets synonymy between holiness (separation) and righteousness, highlighting…

Why does a person need to be saved? The Bible says that only a few people will end up in Heaven and many will receive a wide road to destruction. Even though Jesus paid for everyone’s sins, each person must come to the realization that they are a sinner and need their savior. They have to get to a point where they trust in Jesus and truly believe that He died on the cross just to save them. Romans 5:6-8 says “ For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For…

at anytime, i mean they just did it.so is he even really in a good community with these angels? Satan doesnt even want to be apart og the group. he wants to rule over them. He wants to be isloated in his own power. Satan made his choices to leave heaven and hr is doing eevrything he can to be diffrent and to be on top. satan isolated hmself on…

As a finance major, I agree with Dante’s warning or hoarding and squandering wealth. From a more economical point of view, our world consists of two types of people, lenders and borrowers. The economy can only function when the people with money can lend to the people without money. Through this process people with money can be good stewards of their money and help those with less afford things they need, like houses. This whole process is built upon stewardship, justice and love and…