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Sunday, February 17. 2019

Purgatorio

An enjoyable podcast introduction to Dante's Purgatorio


Purgatory, it seems, is the place for purging of sin and evil through penitence and painful self-awareness,  and embracing virtue. A beautiful seven-story mountain. In some ways, Purgatorio is begging us to take purgatory today rather than later.


Posted by The Barrister in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 13:44 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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Protestants have never liked the idea, but CS Lewis did somewhat reluctantly note that we will all need to be cleaned up before entering heaven, and perhaps it takes a long time rather than a short one. Okay, "time" may be a wrong place to start anyway.
#1 Assistant Village Idiot on 2019-02-17 15:55 (Reply)
For the rest of us you can try Inferno by Niven and Pournelle.

Much more accessible.
#2 Robert Sendler on 2019-02-18 00:18 (Reply)
The idea of Purgatory does not run counter to the notion of already living in an aspect of the Kingdom - a thorny topic few I know agree upon with any humility.
I'm regularly cursed by secular and spiritual alike for simply saying "I don't know".
However, I maintain absolute assurance that everyone I've ever known has been cursed with the human condition of a combination including but not limited to ignorance, stupidity and self-service so the possibility of addressing said condition to the best of my God given ability sooner rather than later is very important for me.

All that being said, some of the most memorable words I've ever heard are "Lighten up Francis".
#3 The Barbarian Scribe on 2019-02-18 10:18 (Reply)
I like the way you think. It's hard to wrap a human mind around any concept of eternity. Is it a kind of existence where change still happens? Is it a mode that simply reflects where you were pointed at the moment of death? I don't think God encourages us to split hairs about this, or play at dice with it. The last thing we should ever be thinking is "There will be plenty of time to clean that up later." Every choice you make is building who you are.
#3.1 Texan99 on 2019-02-18 10:48 (Reply)
Penitence and painful Self-awareness. Isn't that what we're living through right now?
#4 The Thomas on 2019-02-18 13:25 (Reply)

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