How to Love Well: Dante on Purgatory

How to Love Well: Dante on Purgatory | Highlights Ep.40

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2 жыл бұрын

In this Highlight from Hillsdale College’s FREE online course, “Dante's Divine Comedy,” Dr. Stephen Smith explains that, for Dante, purgation is the process by which God purifies our hearts in order to love Him well and love all of His creation.
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@Madonnalitta1 2 жыл бұрын

Dante's trilogy makes me think of man ever struggling but needing to struggle. The need to live through hardships to make your soul worthy of love. Virgil shows the way.

@carolbell8008 2 жыл бұрын

The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, to fear God is to hate evil and love goodness and truth.

@whousa642 2 жыл бұрын

Given that Putin is a practicing Christian who goes to confession, is he god fearing?

@robertaccornero7172 2 жыл бұрын

Purgatory is a lie. why mix lies with truth? narrow is the way.

@mikamikalson7393 2 жыл бұрын

Revere --- not "Fear"

@MatthiasPowerbomb 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating mini-lecture. I never went to college, it just wasn't in the cards for me, which in retrospect may have been a blessing in disguise given the state of college over the last decade or two, but I love these lessons from Hillsdale, which add to my continuing independent education. Thank you.

@Checkmate1138 Жыл бұрын

Provided you have the money, I certainly recommend enrolling in a college for one of these types of classes. 😊 You don't need to do it for a degree, but just so you can have an enriching learning experience. I really am thankful for my time in university.

@darrenwendroff3441 Жыл бұрын

This is an absolutely beautiful lecture, the professor did an amazing job, loved it. Thanks for posting.

@_Breakdown 2 жыл бұрын

2:40 - - after repenting of sin/evil - - we need to live in a new way + need new habits; 3:11 - - our old habits + old wounds of the soul need to be healed - - + put aside - - + our soul needs to be thoroughly habituated to a new life; thoroughly habituated not to pride, envy, wrath, sloth, greed, gluttony or lust; 3:39 - - *in order to do so - - our soul needs God’s Grace, our soul needs to want that...* 3:55 - - *purgation* may need to be through prayer - - through *ART* - - a restoration of relationships w/out pride, envy, wrath, sloth, greed, gluttony, lust 4:21 - - purgation is what our soul needs in order to be ready to stand in the presence of God.

@calvincain5646 2 жыл бұрын

I followed the whole course. It's a fantastic lecture series.

@garym2879 2 жыл бұрын

I just finished Hillsdale's two Constitution courses and I'm now deciding on either "The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic" or "Dante's Divine Comedy". Do you recommend reading Dante's Divine Comedy before the course, during, or after? Thanks!

@calvincain5646 2 жыл бұрын

@@garym2879 It's very enlightening. Great lectures. Don't miss "The Genisis Story," either. Refreshing perspectives in all their courses. I'm currently following The Great American Story: A Land of Hope. Very good.

@garym2879 2 жыл бұрын

@@calvincain5646 Finished "A Land of Hope" this past fall. Is reading "Dante's Divine Comedy" a prerequisite for the online course?

@calvincain5646 2 жыл бұрын

@@garym2879 I don't think so. I don't assume that it would be. It's enjoyable.

@juanestebandavalos 2 жыл бұрын

@@garym2879 if you are planning on starting right away, I would recommend starting with Dante. Mostly because it is a great course to prepare yourself for Easter. You don’t have to do the readings ahead of time. The course has a study guide with recommended readings. I think it’ll be helpful to listen to the lecture first and then do the reading, but others prefer to do it the other way around. It’s up to you.

@georgegoeb1238 Жыл бұрын

Explaining the the Angel and the steps was very smart in creating the "spark" he intended. This poem is hard to read and understand. It was an excellent starting point if one wants to understand how Purgatory works and what You are supposed to get from it. Thank You

@lanceyatooma2331 2 жыл бұрын

Love this, but anyone know where Hillsdale gets this amazing music from and where I can find it?

@dr.debbiewilliams 5 ай бұрын

I earned a Doctorate in Theology in 2007.

@atomictwist6537 2 жыл бұрын

oh yea, definitely this one.

@nephiindustries 2 жыл бұрын

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@TheMarcball 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Thinking of starting the day early and taking a Hillsdale course. VDH? The fall of the Roman empire? Or Dante's and Gustave Dore's elegant wanderings into the life of the soul...

@merlinwizard1000 2 жыл бұрын

4th

@dr.debbiewilliams 5 ай бұрын

2 Corinthians 5:17 King James Version 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. Read full chapter 2 Corinthians 5:17 in all English translations

@Steelonsteel2 2 жыл бұрын

They’re really going at extreme lengths to not mention his Catholicism.

@carlloar3619 2 жыл бұрын

This to me sounds like works, without God's grace and faith in Christ an hi work on the cross.

@robertaccornero7172 2 жыл бұрын

you're right!

@juanestebandavalos 2 жыл бұрын

Listen to what he says around 3:44. The soul cannot do this without God’s grace. If you take the course you will learn that in the poem, the sun is a symbol of God’s grace and you cannot advance spiritually without it.

@robertaccornero7172 2 жыл бұрын

none of this teaching is Scripturally correct! Jesus accomplished everything on the cross, no need for a fake purgatory that doesn't exist! we should go to the Holy Bible for the absolute truth, not Dantes' imagination!

@calvincain5646 2 жыл бұрын

So, do you believe that Jesus wants you to go on sinning? Have you read Dante? He turned his back on God. The poem is about priorities and Dante places his priorities on other things he loves. His vision of Paradise is one where nobody is searching for their rewards in Heaven but accepting God's will. Perhaps you should take the course.

@juanestebandavalos 2 жыл бұрын

Despite Jesus accomplishing everything at the cross, we still have to purify our hearts through the process of sanctification, which cannot occur without God’s grace and our desire to participate with Him in the process. What Dante is describing here is precisely that process.

@laverdaderdaddediossinfron773 2 жыл бұрын

@@juanestebandavalos sanctification is a process that take place here while we’re on earth, alive. How can you be purified after dead? How can you show love to your neighbor after dead? This whole purgatory doctrine has no Bible foundation.