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Aaron Crofut
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Purgatory is a much more difficult read than the Inferno. It's easy to do wrong; to learn the straight and narrow path far more difficult. But my goodness, what a beautiful sight at the end. The entrance of Beatrice stopped my cold.
— Jul 27, 2024 05:04PM
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Aaron Crofut
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I last read this 15 or so years ago, in my long agnostic phase of life, and I recall it being an incredible story. Reading it for the first time as a Catholic, I'm simply floored and the pages keep flying by. That souls actually experience this is terrifying, but that is the price paid to have this life and all we do actually matter. To be free of the cave and see the stars again, how beautiful!
On to Purgatory
— Jul 18, 2024 03:17PM
On to Purgatory
Aaron Crofut
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This was probably my first contact with the Catholic faith, long before it ever occurred to me to accept it. A simply incredible story. It takes guts to declare yourself a bard on the level with Homer and Virgil during your own story, but to actually achieve it!
The descriptions of hell literally give me goosebumps.
— Jul 12, 2024 04:13PM
The descriptions of hell literally give me goosebumps.
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Jul 28, 2024 12:05PM
How did you choose a translator? There are so many (Longfellow, Esolen, etc).
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I picked up Longfellow the first time, Cary this time. Followed the ol’ “this is the version immediately in front of me so I’ll read that one” method of picking a translation. Wish Cary had left the Latin titles of the hymns in place, but otherwise I’m enjoying it.
