Dante Alighieri: Dante is shirt firm of Durante. Alighieri was not, in fact, Dante’s surname. It was part of a pen name derived from his full name, Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri. Dante did not have a proper family name in the modern sense. Rather, the “di Alighiero” was a patronymic, indicating he was the son of Alighiero. (source: Quora)
Journey with Dante in his vision of hell, purgatory and Paradise dated 9-9-21
Why should we read the Divine Comedy?
- It would help us when life goes wrong.
- We could be dragged down in desperation or we could throw a hand up and call for help and look for the assistance of a wise thoughtful friend and guide us. Or we could call out for divine grace and hope that help is there and that we avail ourselves of it. So that you know to think practically about the capricious universal draw of the text.
- It helps to think about what happiness and flourishing look like individually and corporately.
- It would make us live better.
“Start midway in the journey of our life, I woke to find myself in some dark wood of error…”
– how do I get out?
– how do I come to myself?
– how do I come to reorder my life?
– via affirmative as affirming for the glory of God?
These are words that I have taken note of as I listened to the lecture.
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