From the Vault: The Cauldron, Part 4
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The Importance of Death by Cauldron in the Divine Comedy
The idea of immersion and some kind of liquid being a transformative process predates Christianity. John the Baptist was baptizing people in the River Jordan before Christianity was invented. In Dante's Inferno, hypocrites wear cloaks with hoods, bright colors, and lead linings. The Gelfs were a political faction who supported the papacy against the Holy Roman Emperor.
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