While Inferno remains the most famous part of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, the poems’ two subsequent parts, Purgatorio and Paradiso are necessary for understanding Inferno in its entirety. Much like understanding only one part of the Holy Trinity leaves one with an incomplete understanding of God, so too leaving two-thirds of Dante’s magnum opus unread is an … Continue reading Advent and Dante’s ‘Purgatorio’