Dante's Inferno Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy, object 72 Butlin 812-69 recto Lucifer  Dante Alighieri's Inferno 's portrayal of the devil reflects early Christian Neo-Platonic thought. Dante structures his cosmology morally; God is beyond heaven and the devil at the bottom of hell beneath the earth. Imprisoned in the middle of the earth ; the devil becomes the center of the material and sinful world , to which all sinfulness is drawn. As opposition to God, which is portrayed by Dante as a love and light, Lucifer is frozen and isolated in the last circle of hell. Almost motionless, rather pathetic, foolish and repulsive, than terrifying, the devil represents evil,Zhc Open Court a monthly magazine Devoted to the Science of Religion, the religion of Science, and the Extension of the religious parlament Idea Founded by Edward C. Hegeler VOL. XXXV (No. 9) SEPTEMBER, 1921 NO. 784 p. 514 in the sense of lacking substance. In accordance with Platonic/Christian tradition, his gigantic appearance indicates a lack of power, as pure matter was considered the farthest from God and closest to nonbeing.Jeffrey Burton Russell Lucifer: The Devil in the Middle Ages Cornell University Press, 1986 ISBN 9780801494291 pp. 94 –95 The devil is described as a huge fiend, whose buttocks are frozen in ice. He has three faces, chewing on the three traitors Judas, Cassius and Brutus. Lucifer himself is also accused of treason , for turning against his Creator. Below each of his faces, Lucifer has a pair of bat-wings, another symbol of darkness.Jeffrey Burton Russell Lucifer: The Devil in the Middle Ages Cornell University Press, 1986 ISBN 9780801494291 pp. 216 –227
Dante's Inferno Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy, object 72 Butlin 812-69 recto Lucifer The portrayal of the devil in Dante Alighieri's Inferno reflects early Christian Neo-Platonic thought. Dante structures his cosmology morally; God is beyond heaven and the devil at the bottom of hell beneath the earth. Imprisoned in the middle of the earth , the devil becomes the center of the material and sinful world to which all sinfulness is drawn. In opposition to God, which is portrayed by Dante as a love and light, Lucifer is frozen and isolated in the last circle of hell. Almost motionless, more pathetic, foolish , and repulsive than terrifying, the devil represents evilZhc Open Court a monthly magazine Devoted to the Science of Religion, the religion of Science, and the Extension of the religious parlament Idea Founded by Edward C. Hegeler VOL. XXXV (No. 9) SEPTEMBER, 1921 NO. 784 p. 514 in the sense of lacking substance. In accordance with Platonic/Christian tradition, his gigantic appearance indicates a lack of power, as pure matter was considered the farthest from God and closest to nonbeing.Jeffrey Burton Russell Lucifer: The Devil in the Middle Ages Cornell University Press, 1986 ISBN 9780801494291 pp. 94 –95 The devil is described as a huge fiend, whose buttocks are frozen in ice. He has three faces, chewing on the three traitors Judas, Cassius and Brutus. Lucifer himself is also accused of treason for turning against his Creator. Below each of his faces, Lucifer has a pair of bat-wings, another symbol of darkness.Jeffrey Burton Russell Lucifer: The Devil in the Middle Ages Cornell University Press, 1986 ISBN 9780801494291 pp. 216 –227
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