
Dante's Beatrice and the Beauty of the Christian Faith | Dr. George Corbett
The Thomistic Institute
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A Persuasion of Theology
Dante understands that everywhere in heaven is paradise, even though the grace of God does not reign there in equal measure. Dante's hunger for this truth is satisfied by a morsel of the bread of angels. A further hunger remains, in a beautiful simile, Dante's described as court between two desires for nature. Two questions, he equally desires, answered. Be a 3-j explanation here concerns theological hermeneutics,. The metaphorical language of the poem could be interpreted metaphorically to mean 'God has hands and feet'
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