Dante maestro di preghiera
At the end of the Prologue of Paradiso Dante seems to propose himself as a guide for a journey of prayer: "Perhaps behind me with better voices/we will pray". The article follows the itinerary indicated in the second Canticle, the Purgatorio. To pray is first of all the desire to leave all...
| Subtitles: | "Dante, poeta, teologo" |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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Glossa
2021
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Teologia
Year: 2021, Volume: 46, Issue: 3, Pages: 358-386 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CD Christianity and Culture KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KBJ Italy |
| Summary: | At the end of the Prologue of Paradiso Dante seems to propose himself as a guide for a journey of prayer: "Perhaps behind me with better voices/we will pray". The article follows the itinerary indicated in the second Canticle, the Purgatorio. To pray is first of all the desire to leave all slavery to go towards the Divine Interlocutor (In exitu) and the first step is the recognition of our distance (Miserere). The fundamental modalities are those of communion and abandonment: to pray is to surrender oneself to God, entirely. The seven crags of the holy mountain resound with invocations perfectly in tune with the penance of souls, to remind us that every prayer, even the most universal one, is prayer "in situation", capable of recovering the hopes, suffering and even the sins of praying. At the end, the figure of Matelda presents herself as a model of life made up of prayer: every reality and every moment of existence are welcomed by her as a gift from God and become a spontaneous source of praise and thanksgiving. This is the goal of the Christian prayer. (English) |
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| ISSN: | 1120-267X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Teologia
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