Dante's Inferno, Introduction and the first Cantos. Adult Formation on the Inferno of the Divine Comedy, Session 1 (of 6)

Pope Francis has named the Divine Comedy as the "spiritual guide" and official book of the Year of Mercy. Having already made a two part introduction to the Comedy, we now begin to study the Inferno which is the first part of the three part Divine Comedy.

Handouts are reproduced below.

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Dante’s Inferno

Presented by Fr Ryan

I. Outline of sessions: Thursdays from February 11^th to March 17^th<4sup>

            A. Sessions

                        1. February 11^th: Introduction to the Inferno. Cantos 1-5

                        2. February 18^th: Cantos 6-11

                        3. February 25^th: Cantos 12-17

                        4. March 3^rd: Cantos 18-23

                        5. March 10^th: Cantos 24-29

                        6. March 17^th: Cantos 30-34, Review of the Inferno

            B. Personal Reading

                        1. Month of January: Inferno, Cantos 1-9

                        2. Month of February: Inferno, Cantos 10-18

                        3. Month of March: Inferno, Cantos 19-27

                        4. Month of April: Inferno, Cantos 28-34; Purgatorio, Cantos 1-2

                        5. Month of May: Purgatorio, Cantos 3-11

II. Introduction to the Inferno

            A. The Map of Hell (see handouts)

                        1. Sins of Passion/Incontinence

                                    a. Circles 2-6

                                    b. Sins of Lust

                                    c. Sins of Wrath

                        2. Sins of Violence

                                    a. Against neighbors

                                    b. Against self

                                    c. Against God

                        3. Sins of Fraud/Malice

                                    a. Simple fraud

                                    b. Compound fraud – treachery

            B. Notice that this is a map of the seriousness of sins as well

            C. Also is meant to teach us how to respond to sin (see how Dante matures)

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