CIRLCE ONE: LIMBO

THE SIN

• “Here suffer those who did not sin, yet did not have the required portal of our faith. Their punishment
• Is the denial of Paradise.” — Virgil
• Basically for non-christ believers
• The people here live in a castle with seven gates which symbolize the seven virtues
• Equivalent to prison

LIMBO

• The term "Limbo" derives from the Latin term "limbus" which translates to "edge" or "boundary".
• They define it as edge because it is the first circle of hell and people here can still go to heaven
• Virgil mentioned to Dante that Noah, Moses, David, and Abraham were in Limbo until Jesus brought them to Heaven.
• A soul in limbo can still go to heaven once they believe there is a God
• Other circles do not have a chance to go to heaven

SIN

• An immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law.

PUNISHMENT

• the infliction or imposition of a penalty as retribution for an offense.

DIVINE JUSTICE

• rewards the good; and vindictive justice because he punishes the wicked.

LUCAN

WHAT THEY HAVE IN COMMON

• The relation it has in the book would be that Minos uses divine justice
• To figure out the punishment of each persons sin and what circle they should go to

IF YOU WERE TO GO TO LIMBO

• A place of sorrow without torment. You encounter a seven-walled castle, and within
• those walls you find rolling fresh meadows illuminated by the light of reason,
• whereabout many shades dwell. These are the virtuous pagans, the great
• philosophers and authors, unbaptised children, and others unfit to enter the
• kingdom of heaven. You share company with Caesar, Homer, Virgil, Socrates, and

IF YOU WERE TO GO TO LIMBO CONT.

• Aristotle. There is no punishment here, and the atmosphere is peaceful, yet sad.

DIVINE JUSTICE

• The constant and unchanging will of God to give everyone what is
• due him or her. Every possible form of justice is possessed by God. He practices
• legal justice in that through the natural and moral law he co-ordinates creatures to
• the common good; distributive justice because he gives to his creatures everything
• they need to fulfill the purpose of their existence; remunerative justice because he

THE CHARACTERS FOUND IN CIRCLE 1

• Homer
• Horace
• Ovid
• Lucan
• (These were all famous poets)

HOMER

HORACE

OVID

WORKS CITED

• http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/dictionary/index.cfm?id=3315...
• https://www.google.com/#q=define+punishment
• https://www.google.com/#q=define+sin
• http://dantesinferno.wikia.com/wiki/Limbo
• http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-information.html

QUESTIONS?