Word: purgatorio
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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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...
...Purgatorio'," said Bishop Boyd-Carpenter, "is instinctive with the spirit of love and the redemption of man." It opens with a beautiful description of dawn, illustrative of the hope in Dante's breast, arising from the consciousness of a definite aim,--a pilgrimage for the attainment of the liberty of the soul...
...Ante-Purgatorio Described...
...ante-Purgatorio," which Dante first reaches, is symbolic of tests of the sincerity, determination, and genuineness of purpose with which man sets out upon undertakings. It shows sin, paralyzing the will, contradicting divine order, and introducing disease into the character...