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: Lovers. 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.
XVIII. 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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