FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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lustful & carnal
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opportunists & non-committed
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pagans & virtuous heros
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -First Circle (Limbo): Here reside the unbaptized and the virtuous pagans, who, though not sinful, did not accept Christ. They are not punished in an active sense, bur rather grieve only their separation from God, without hope of reconciliation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Prominent examples of virtuous pagans are Heraclitus, Parmenides, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Trajan, and Virgil. Dante Alighieri, in his Divine Comedy, places a number of virtuous pagans in the first circle of Hell (analogous to Limbo), including Homer, Horace, Ovid, and Lucan.
Detailed explanation-3: -While living together, Paolo and Francesca fell in love. Unfortunately, the brother discovered their affair and killed the two lovers, condemning his brother and his wife to an eternity in Hell.
Detailed explanation-4: -The solution: they went to limbo. Even the saints of the Old Testament inhabited limbo before the coming of Christ. Abel, Noah, Moses, Abraham and David. They had to wait for Christ to come to limbo to save them and bring them to heaven.