All 4 Uses of
heresy
in
Dante's Paradise -- translated by Norton
- [2] The conception that the souls after death had their abode in the stars would be a definite heresy, and hence far more dangerous than a question concerning the justice of Heaven, for such a question might be consistent with entire faith in that justice.†
Canto 1-11
- That our justice seems unjust in the eyes of mortals is argument of faith, and not of heretical iniquity.
Canto 1-11 *heretical = counter to religious teaching
- Then with doctrine and with will, together with the apostolic office,[8] he went forth like a torrent which a lofty vein pours out, and on the heretical stocks his onset smote with most vigor there where the resistance was the greatest.†
Canto 12-22
- [1] The heresies within its own borders.†
Canto 12-22
Definition:
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(heresy) opinions or actions most people consider immoral