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