Virgil, i don't believe we're in Kansas anymore!
Spencer Wood
There are many interesting, and somewhat frightening, allusions in just the first few chapters of Inferno. To begin, I will start with the beginning. The first three lines of Canto II, "the day was dying, and the darkling sky was summoning to rest all living things on earth," [yes my translation is different] these words may seem unimportant; however, with research done by someone smarter than me, we learn that Dante's descent into hell starts on the evening of Good Friday. Now, this information alone just kinda seems like a neat coincidence. Until you understand that Christ, when he breathed his last on the cross, ALSO descended into hell during the evening of that Friday. This isn't even the spooky part of this canto. Just a few lines farther, line 26, Dante refers to an "old...chosen vessel of God's grace" this is Paul. And if we look to one of Paul's letters specifically 2 Corinthians 12:2-4, we see a fascinating story.
2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows.3 And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows— 4 was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell.
I may sound crazy, and I may or may not currently have aluminum foil on my head. But I'm not calling anything out in just presenting truth.
Also sorry that there are two fonts going on. I've given up after 10 minutes of trying to fix it
annakate gary
There are many interesting, and somewhat frightening, allusions in just the first few chapters of Inferno. To begin, I will start with the beginning. The first three lines of Canto II, "the day was dying, and the darkling sky was summoning to rest all living things on earth," [yes my translation is different] these words may seem unimportant; however, with research done by someone smarter than me, we learn that Dante's descent into hell starts on the evening of Good Friday. Now, this information alone just kinda seems like a neat coincidence. Until you understand that Christ, when he breathed his last on the cross, ALSO descended into hell during the evening of that Friday. This isn't even the spooky part of this canto. Just a few lines farther, line 26, Dante refers to an "old...chosen vessel of God's grace" this is Paul. And if we look to one of Paul's letters specifically 2 Corinthians 12:2-4, we see a fascinating story.
2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows.3 And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows— 4 was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell.
I may sound crazy, and I may or may not currently have aluminum foil on my head. But I'm not calling anything out in just presenting truth.
Also sorry that there are two fonts going on. I've given up after 10 minutes of trying to fix it
annakate gary
I would first like to start by saying, the fact you did not go on a rant about the "unbaptised infants in hell". when I read that, I cringed a little already knowing I was going to be mad when I opened your post. Anyways, I am proud. On a different note, I am going to argue a little bit. Jesus di dnot descend to hell. He descended into "Abrahams Bosum". This is what everyone from Adam to Abraham was believed to be at. So it was not technically hell. Alot of people to preach the idea that "Jesus died as a sinner". I am not syaing this is what you are trying to say, but it is used in that argument. Jesus did not go into a sinners hell, like that of Dante and Virgil. But inseatd a "paradise". Jesus never told Abraham that he would be in heaven with him, but said "we shall be together in paradise". Quite frankly, from the words of Paul, "but God knows".
ReplyDeleteI feel like this is a running theme for all of us who read it, but these allusions and such kind of freaked me out too. These are definitely somethings I have not considered when I think of Hell. Anyways, it is pretty neat though that you made the connection of this with scripture. I know you are saying that it isn't necessarily proven, but it is something interesting to think about that I had never heard of.
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