Summary Paradiso Canto XXVI Canto XXV Paradise Sky eighth or fixed stars. Dante is examined on the charity of St. John
What is the object of charity? calls for the holy. Beginning and end of the spirit of charity, answers Dante, is God, the supreme good. What reasons led him to love God? the sources from which the inspiration for the charity? The inspiration, says the poet, comes from the philosophical arguments and the sacred texts, which show that God as the supreme good, gives rise to self-love and even more so the higher the asset. So who knows how to discern the truth must necessarily turn his love of God which surpasses all other goods, since any property is a reflection the supreme good that is God's truth This comes from the philosophy of Aristotle, which shows that God is the term of the substances created immortal, and therefore of the soul comes from the voice of God to Moses said, "I will show you all right, "described by St. John in Revelation that the mystery of heaven. Another question: in addition to the arguments from philosophy and revelation, there are other reasons he has to love God? All the reasons, answers Dante, have helped to awaken in him the feeling of love of God, and among them the existence of the world, its very existence, the death of Jesus for the redemption of mankind, the hope of bliss. Loving God, adds, he also loves his neighbor, always in relation to the grace that is. A hymn of praise rises from the blessed: this test is passed.
Another candle is added to the three apostles: it is Adam who answers the questions of the poet: what the real cause of the long exile from Eden? It was not driven, responsible, having tasted the fruit of the tree, but for having transgressed the limits imposed by God How long was your creation? For 930 years it remained in limbo land and in 4032. What was the language he created and used? A language that died before it was provided that k. confusion of tongues, in consequence of the Giants' attempt to raise the tower of Babel. Even the language, like other things of a man, turns, changes, dies. Before he came down that God was in limbo I , then El . How long he remained in paradise? Just seven hours.
0 comments:
Post a Comment