Dante's
Purgatory
A Study on Part II of The Divine Comedy
DVD
By: Anthony Esolen, Ph.D.
Item
No. C50301
ISBN: 9781618900227
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: DVD
DVD Price: $89.75
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We Know What Happens in Hell...But What about Purgatory?
Dante's Inferno revealed some titillating details about the punishments inflicted on sinners - but in a way, we already knew what happens to people in Hell. What we don't know is what happens to people who end up in Purgatory. In this second part of The Divine Comedy, Dante probes the mysteries of that strange and often misunderstood place between earth and Heaven.
Climb
the Mount
Purgatory is a place to work through - no one gets stuck there forever. The
souls in Dante's Purgatory must climb up seven terraces on Mount Purgatory before
they can reach Heaven. On these terraces, Dante and Virgil find:
The prideful
who are forced into humility by heavy loads of stones on their backs
The envious whose eyes are sewn shut to prevent them from seeing the goods of
others
The wrathful climb through choking smoke which represents the blinding nature
of anger
The slothful engage in ceaseless activity to overcome their former laziness
The covetous who must lie face down on the ground for their attachment to earthly
goods
The gluttonous must starve in sight of unreachable fruit hanging from trees
above them
The lustful are purified by running through a wall of flame which represents
God's pure love
Along the way, they are cleansed from the stains of sin by punishments which are like, and very unlike, those suffered by the sinners in Hell. Here, the suffering souls glorify God and rejoice in their suffering because they know it prepares them for the eternal bliss of Heaven.
A
Real Place
Virgil and Dante discover the astonishing spiritual reality of Purgatory as
they climb through the terraces on Mount Purgatory. Dante created a poetic vision
which might be the best imaginative representation of Purgatory ever written.
While his poem might not reflect the actual nature of Purgatory, his insights
can help us understand it better.
Your
Expert Guide
A celebrated translator and teacher of Dante, Professor Esolen interprets and
describes the rich theological insights discovered by Dante on his journey up
the mountain. Join Dante, Virgil, and Professor Esolen to continue the journey
begun in the Inferno which will culminate in the ineffable beauty of Paradise.
About
The Author
Professor Anthony Esolen holds a Doctorate in Renaissance English Literature
from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a Professor of English
at Providence College, located in Providence, Rhode Island. He is the translator
of the celebrated three-volume Modern Library edition of Dante's Divine Comedy
(Random House). He is a Senior Editor for Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity,
and his articles appear regularly in First Things, Catholic World Report, Magnificat,
This Rock, and Latin Mass.
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