Theologus Dantes
Theological Themes in the Works and Early Commentaries
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abstract
The contributions collected in these Acts offer a varied and articulate representation of the relations between Dante Alighieri’s work and late-medieval theological culture, observed in some of its fundamental aspects and with particular attention to the ancient exegesis of the Commedia. The topics covered cover a broad spectrum of issues: the presence of heresy in the poem; the presumed heterodoxy of Dante himself; the references to the Cross and the Passion, examined in the light of the theological doctrines and devotional practices of the time; the influence exerted by the so-called ‘affective mysticism’ on Dante's poetological reflection; the problem of the creation and resurrection of bodies; the connection between theology and the Empyrean sky proposed in the Convivio; the arduous theme of the prophetic vision, investigated starting from the Epistle to Cangrande. The last two contributions are dedicated to as yet little-known episodes in the reception of Dante’s poem: the Anonymous Theologian’s comments on Paradise and Dante’s presence in the 15th-century sermons of Gabriele Barletta and Paolo Attavanti.
Heterodoxy • Dante Alighieri • Averroism • Commentary • Dante • Incarnation • Holy Spirit • Charity • Thomism • Bernard Gui • Suffering • Troubadours • Creation • Devotion • Purgatorio XXIV • Salvation • Biblical visions • Fra Dolcino • Passion of Christ • Schism • Body • Paradiso • Soteriology • Sermon collections • Cross • Christus triumphans • Epistle to Cangrande • Intellect of love • Heresy • Eternity • St • Posse non mori | non posse mori • Late-medieval preachers • Incorruptibility • Preaching • Empyrean • Egerton 943 • Theology • William of Saint-Thierry • Franciscans • Reception • Affective mysticism • Christus patiens • Paul • Orthodoxy