Heterodoxy in Dante's Purgatory
Alfonso de Salvio
In his “Dante as a Religious Teacher” Dr. Edward Moore makes the following significant remarks with regard to Dante's teaching on subject of Purgatory: “Dante's conception nature and purpose pains Purgatory stands in very marked contrast popular ideas Middle Ages, not only ideas, but also practice Roman Church both then later times… This difference attitude part Dante applies general itself, still more strikingly practical consequences flowing from it, respecting indulgences, transference merits, means remission of, or escape from, Purgatorial penalties.” However, eminent Dantist minimizes significance this it what he said preceding page concerning relation State, namely, that “it may be held contumacious, scarcely heretical, criticize oppose has been authoritatively declared essential condition for exercise Church's mission.”
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