I suppose that was my impression as well, and why I wanted nothing to do with Christianity as a young adult. Then I encountered another masterpiece of medieval art, The Divine Comedy, by the Italian poet Dante. His poem is a classic of world literature. Deep into the story, a couplet caught my eye: Love is the seed in you of every virtue And of all acts deserving punishment. 14 It may not seem like much printed on this page, but those lines changed my life. Everything we do, Dante is saying, the good things or the bad things, every virtue or vice, we do for love. We are lovers. We are
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