Dante and the Canonists: Adhesions and Deviations on the Dialectic between Heresy and Schism
In this article, I will highlight how Dante’s clear separation between heretics and schismatics is radical compared to contemporary thought and can, therefore, tell us a great deal about his conception of these two sins and about the nature of the characters condemned in Cantos X and XXVIII. In fact...
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| description | In this article, I will highlight how Dante’s clear separation between heretics and schismatics is radical compared to contemporary thought and can, therefore, tell us a great deal about his conception of these two sins and about the nature of the characters condemned in Cantos X and XXVIII. In fact, the heresy of disobedience, a political weapon created ad hoc to favor the imposition of the hierocratic model, tended, in the reflection of jurists, to bring together these two sins so well-separated by Dante. The proposal of a new interpretation of these concepts that is more adherent to their historicity, with a specific and radical meaning, can open up interesting reflections on Dante’s possible desire to affect this historical process. It also brings new interpretations to questions that still lack a convincing answer, such as the silence on the numerous heretical movements that had characterized the decades preceding the writing of the <i>Commedia</i>, the presence of Dolcino among the schismatics, and the selection of Epicurus as an exemplum of heresy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6dd7ad66577b4f0aa97046f249e2f80a2024-02-23T15:18:54ZengMDPI AGHumanities2076-07872024-01-011311210.3390/h13010012Dante and the Canonists: Adhesions and Deviations on the Dialectic between Heresy and SchismEmanuele Ciarrocchi0Institut für Italienische Philologie, Fakultät für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 80799 München, GermanyIn this article, I will highlight how Dante’s clear separation between heretics and schismatics is radical compared to contemporary thought and can, therefore, tell us a great deal about his conception of these two sins and about the nature of the characters condemned in Cantos X and XXVIII. In fact, the heresy of disobedience, a political weapon created ad hoc to favor the imposition of the hierocratic model, tended, in the reflection of jurists, to bring together these two sins so well-separated by Dante. The proposal of a new interpretation of these concepts that is more adherent to their historicity, with a specific and radical meaning, can open up interesting reflections on Dante’s possible desire to affect this historical process. It also brings new interpretations to questions that still lack a convincing answer, such as the silence on the numerous heretical movements that had characterized the decades preceding the writing of the <i>Commedia</i>, the presence of Dolcino among the schismatics, and the selection of Epicurus as an exemplum of heresy.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/13/1/12Dante<i>Comedy</i>heresyschismEnrico da SusaOstiense |
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| title | Dante and the Canonists: Adhesions and Deviations on the Dialectic between Heresy and Schism |
| title_full | Dante and the Canonists: Adhesions and Deviations on the Dialectic between Heresy and Schism |
| title_fullStr | Dante and the Canonists: Adhesions and Deviations on the Dialectic between Heresy and Schism |
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| title_short | Dante and the Canonists: Adhesions and Deviations on the Dialectic between Heresy and Schism |
| title_sort | dante and the canonists adhesions and deviations on the dialectic between heresy and schism |
| topic | Dante <i>Comedy</i> heresy schism Enrico da Susa Ostiense |
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