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Week Six: Cantos 26 - 30

 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. Sixth Five Cantos: 26 - 30 Canto 26: Eighth Pit: Evil Councilors // Ulysses  https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-26/ Canto 27: Guido Da Montefeltro https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-27/  Canto 28: Ninth Pit: Sowers of Discord // Mohamet  https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-28/ Canto 29: Geri del Bello // The Tenth Pit: Falsifiers   https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-29/ Canto 30: Falsifiers continued // Master Adam https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-30/ The questions this week are adapted from the 100 days of Dante and my own reading I am linking here to a web resource for a  conversational version of the text . Some Pro...

Week Five: Cantos 21-25

 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. Fifth Five Cantos: 21 - 25 Canto 21: Sellers of public office / Barrators https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-21/ Canto 22: Barrators and the Demons  https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-22/  Canto 23: Hypocrites  https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-23/ Canto 24: Thieves  https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-24/ Canto 25: More Thieves and Shape Shifting https://100daysofdante.com/canto-videos/inferno-canto-25/ 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 are the purposes of demons in Catholic thou...