Dante Discussion and Reflections

For the purposes of this discussion, we will follow the structure of Baylor's 100 Days of Dante to frame our discussion. Feel free to use whatever translation you have access to (more is better) to follow along with the poem. Fourth Five Cantos: 16 - 20 Canto 16: The remaining Beastly, and Peering into the next Decent https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-16/ Canto 17: The Usurers and the Decent into Fraud https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-17/  Canto 18: The Eighth Circle and Simple Fraud // Pimps and Seducers https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-18/ Canto 19: Simony // Pope Nicolas III https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-19/ Canto 20: Seers and Sorcerers  https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-20/ The questions this week are adapted from the 100 days of Dante, Bishop Barron, and my own reading I am linking here to a web resource for a conversational version of the text . Some Prompts: 1) ...

 For the purposes of this discussion, we will follow the structure of  Baylor's 100 Days of Dante  to frame our discussion. Feel free to use whatever translation you have access to (more is better) to follow along with the poem. Third Five Cantos: 11 - 15 Canto 11: The Structure of Hell  https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-11/  Canto 12: Seventh Circle, the violent against neighbor // Minotaur // The first ring https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-12/ Canto 13: Seventh Circle, second ring // Suicides https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-13/ Canto 14: Seventh Circle, third ring // Violent against God https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-14/ Canto 15: Seventh Circle, the violent against nature  https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-15/ The questions this week are adapted from the 100 days of Dante, Bishop Barron, and my own reading I am linking here to a web resource for a co...

For the purposes of this discussion, we will follow the structure of Baylor's 100 Days of Dante to frame our discussion. Feel free to use whatever translation you have access to (more is better) to follow along with the poem. Second Five Cantos (6 - 10) Canto Six: The Gluttonous  https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-6/  Canto Seven: The Avaricious  https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-7/  Canto Eight: The Wrathful  https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-8/  Canto Nine: The Gates of Dis https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-9/  Canto Ten: The Heretics  https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-10/  The questions this week are adapted from the 100 days of Dante, Bishop Barron, and my own reading I am linking here to a web resource for a conversational version of the text .  Some Prompts: 1) What do we take from the use of classical reference to guard dog Ce...

For the purposes of this discussion, we will follow the structure of Baylor's 100 Days of Dante to frame our discussion. Feel free to use whatever translation you have access to (more is better) to follow along with the poem. First Five Cantos:  Canto One: Intro - The Dark Wood and the Hill https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-1/    Canto Two: Doubts and Vision https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-2/  Canto Three: The Gates of Hell  https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-3/ Canto Four: The First Circle, Limbo https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-4/ Canto Five: Minos and the Lustful  https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-5/ Everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore, it says:/ “Awake, O sleeper,/ and arise from the dead,/ and Christ will give you light.”/ Watch carefully then how you live, not as foolish persons but as wise. Ephesians 5:14-16 Questions are incorp...