"Lasciate ogne speranaza, voi ch'intrate"
"Abandon all hope, you who enter here."
Every single time I read this book, I hang on those fateful words printed above the gates of Hell. Relinquishing all hope, can you imagine?
Consider, if you will, for a moment that you are actually in Dante's Hell. What sin would you be most likely be suffering for? According to Dante, there is a very clear distinction on sin that even most average Catholics do not have. With that being said, I pose a question to you all. If God says that all sin is equal in his eyes, how do YOU differentiate between a major and minor sin and why? Let the answers fly.
P.S. I will be commenting on Kayla and Zelda's posts.
Every single time I read this book, I hang on those fateful words printed above the gates of Hell. Relinquishing all hope, can you imagine?
Consider, if you will, for a moment that you are actually in Dante's Hell. What sin would you be most likely be suffering for? According to Dante, there is a very clear distinction on sin that even most average Catholics do not have. With that being said, I pose a question to you all. If God says that all sin is equal in his eyes, how do YOU differentiate between a major and minor sin and why? Let the answers fly.
P.S. I will be commenting on Kayla and Zelda's posts.
One of the reasons I think Dante wrote the book is so that the readers may question what place their actions would lead them. I personally would differentiate major from minor depending on how much hurt was caused, how many people were hurt, and how much it was intentional.
ReplyDeleteSo, kinda weird but there is an online quiz that one of my buddies brought up while I was discussing the book with them, and it will tell you what sin is your greatest based of a Dante's writings. I took it and was kind of shocked and it put things in a alternate perspective when reading!
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