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Canto V: Moon
Compensation for Broken Vows
Canto VI: Mercury
Roman Emperor Justinian
Canto VII: Mercury
Canto VIII: Venus
- Beatrice speaks about Vows/ Free will
- A person can never take back from God the sacrifice he has made to Him of his free will, he can change the substance of his vow on two conditions:
- have the consent of the Church
- the substitution made be of greater value than the original promise
- DO NOT TAKE YOUR VOWS LIGHTLY
- What does Dante see when he arrives on Venus?
- Charatcer Analysis of Charles Martel
- Dialogue between Charles and Dante
- Justinian
- Begins the long history of the Roman Emipre
- starts with the first kings of Rome and the Republic, continuing through the age of the Empire, and the historical digression between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines
- Souls of the Blest who were too concerned with their own fame and earthly glory which, as a result, lessened their degree of beatitude
How can vengeance be justly avenged?
Why did Christ's crucifixion need to be avenged? Can a just revenge be given for a just vengeance?
Why did God choose to redeem the sins of Humankind with Christ's death on the cross?
Why are human beings immortal?