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...week which Dante passes in his journey through the Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso is synchronical of the time...
While the atmosphere dominant in the "Inferno," is that of night, and in the "Purgatorio," that of morning, in the "Paradiso," it is that of high noon with its glorious light, happy repose, and above all, divine love...
...Inferno," said Bishop Boyd-Carpenter, "is a revelation of the ugliness of sin; it means self-discovery." We must endure Hell in order to understand Heaven. The "Inferno' 'is the only way to Heaven and Love
...Inferno" an Inverted Funnel...
...Dante was a man of philosophic accu- men and elastic thought." From a thoughtful point of view, he constructed his "Inferno" so as to classify the various sins according to their relative baseness and to adjust the penalties with suitability to the sins. Dante's "Inferno" is like an inverted funnel, consisting of concentric circles. The first four circles are occupied by sinners through impulse--lust, gluttony, greed. The fifth circle--the "circle of transition" is occupied by malcontents. The rest of the way to the city of Dis is people by heretics, then by those who have been false...