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.
Body • Christus patiens • Paul • Posse non mori | non posse mori • Empyrean • Biblical visions • Soteriology • Dante • Late-medieval preachers • Commentary • Passion of Christ • Reception • Suffering • Paradiso • Holy Spirit • Incorruptibility • Epistle to Cangrande • Incarnation • Creation • Averroism • Intellect of love • Purgatorio XXIV • Fra Dolcino • Sermon collections • William of Saint-Thierry • Devotion • Orthodoxy • Dante Alighieri • Cross • Heresy • Charity • Theology • Christus triumphans • Thomism • Bernard Gui • Affective mysticism • Eternity • St • Preaching • Franciscans • Egerton 943 • Heterodoxy • Schism • Troubadours • Salvation