Paradiso by
Dante Alighieri. Translated by
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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Contents
I. The Ascent to the First
Heaven. The
Sphere of
Fire.
II. The First Heaven, the
Moon: Spirits who, having taken
Sacred Vows, were forced to violate them.
The Lunar Spots.
III.
Piccarda Donati and the
Empress Constance.
IV. Questionings of the
Soul and of
Broken Vows.
V. Discourse of
Beatrice on
Vows and
Compensations.
Ascent to the Second Heaven,
Mercury: Spirits who for the
Love of Fame achieved great
Deeds.
VI.
Justinian. The
Roman Eagle. The
Empire.
Romeo.
VII. Beatrice's Discourse of the
Crucifixion, the
Incarnation, the
Immortality of the Soul, and the
Resurrection of the Body.
VIII. Ascent to the Third Heaven,
Venus:
. Charles Martel. Discourse on
diverse Natures.
IX.
Cunizza da Romano,
Folco of Marseilles, and
Rahab.
Neglect of the
Holy Land.
X. The Fourth Heaven, the
Sun:
Theologians and
Fathers of the Church. The First Circle.
St. Thomas of Aquinas.
XI.
St. Thomas recounts the Life of
St. Francis. Lament over the State of the
Dominican Order.
XII.
St. Buonaventura recounts the Life of
St. Dominic. Lament over the State of the
Franciscan Order. The Second Circle.
XIII. Of the Wisdom of
Solomon.
St. Thomas reproaches Dante's
Judgement.
XIV. The Third Circle. Discourse on the
Resurrection of the Flesh. The Fifth Heaven, Mars:
Martyrs and
Crusaders who died fighting for the true Faith. The
Celestial Cross.
XV.
Cacciaguida.
Florence in the Olden Time.
XVI. Dante's
Noble Ancestry.
Cacciaguida's Discourse of the Great
Florentines.
XVII.
Cacciaguida's
Prophecy of Dante's
Banishment.
XVII. The Sixth Heaven,
Jupiter: Righteous
Kings and
Rulers. The
Celestial Eagle. Dante's
Invectives against
ecclesiastical Avarice.
XIX. The Eagle discourses of
Salvation,
Faith, and
Virtue. Condemnation of the
vile Kings of
A.D. 1300.
XX. The
Eagle praises the
Righteous Kings of old.
Benevolence of the
Divine Will.
XXI. The Seventh Heaven,
Saturn: The
Contemplative. The
Celestial Stairway.
St. Peter Damiano. His
Invectives against the
Luxury of the Prelates.
XXII.
St. Benedict. His
Lamentation over the
Corruption of
Monks. The Eighth Heaven, the
Fixed Stars.
XXIII. The Triumph of
Christ. The
Virgin Mary. The
Apostles.
Gabriel.
XXIV.
The Radiant Wheel.
St. Peter examines
Dante on Faith.
XXV.
The Laurel Crown.
St. James examines Dante on Hope. Dante's Blindness.
XXVI.
St. John examines Dante on
Charity. Dante's
Sight.
Adam.
XXVII.
St. Peter's reproof of bad Popes. The Ascent to the Ninth Heaven, the
'Primum Mobile.'
XXVIII.
God and the
Angelic Hierarchies.
XXIX.
Beatrice's Discourse of the
Creation of the Angels, and of the
Fall of Lucifer. Her Reproof of
Foolish and Avaricious Preachers.
XXX. The Tenth Heaven, or
Empyrean. The
River of Light. The
Two Courts of Heaven. The
White Rose of Paradise.
The great Throne.
XXXI. The Glory of Paradise. Departure of
Beatrice.
St. Bernard.
XXXII.
St. Bernard points out the
Saints in the
White Rose.
XXXIII. Prayer to the
Virgin. The
Threefold Circle of the
Trinity.
Mystery of the
Divine and
Human Nature.
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See also:
Inferno - Contents
Purgatorio - Contents
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