Contrapasso Flashcards
1
Q
Contrapasso
A
“Suffer the opposite,” an invention by Dante where souls suffer by a process either resembling or contrasting with the sin itself (punishment fits the crime)
2
Q
Lust
A
ceaseless wind-uncontrollable passion
3
Q
Heretics
A
Graves engulfed in flames which will be shut after the Last Judgement-
4
Q
Violent Against Others
A
submerged in a river of blood-rockslide sign of Crucifixion earthquake
5
Q
Simony
A
stuck headfirst into holes with feet on fire-holes=baptismal fonts, oil=sacramental, fire=Holy Spirit
6
Q
Betrayal
A
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