Jiang states that the textual conditions for purgatory are repentance and the prayers of others rather than a simple crime taxonomy.
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Jiang insists the treachery hierarchy is paradoxical if judged by sentiment alone, since blood ties would seem deepest, so Dante must be using a broader criterion tied to the structure of the universe.
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"Because the condition for being in purgatory is that one, you repent and second is that people pray for you. Right? It doesn't say..."
"bearer if you know your uh medieval battles the standard bearer is essentially like captured a flag or the king in the game of..."
"...knife Circle of treachery in such a manner okay what's the criteria that he's using to judge the sin uh yes i think it's..."
"...what determines your place in heaven well it'll be the same criteria right because purgatory it's meant to purge you of your sins but..."
"...murder your guest, that condemns you to hell automatically. But the criteria, conditions for purgatory are much more wide, much more flexible than people..."
"...the the the the the the the the these three actions criteria faith hope and love okay and i mean there are different formulations..."
"...happy to see their child second of all if that's the criteria then it's a parent to determine who which child goes to heaven..."
"And so the criteria for the competition are three things. Legitimacy, authority below subscribers and unity above subscribers. Cohesion. Why are you more legitimate..."
"...look around the map and the only country that fits the criteria for how an empire can reassure itself by starting a war is..."
"...them? Well, we rank them according to their attractiveness using three criteria. The first is genes. The second is wealth. And the third is..."
"...from a really powerful family, okay? So these are the three criteria that we can use to judge a person's attractiveness. And then what..."
"...certain religions that are better than other religions based on three criteria. Okay? These three criteria are grandness, completeness, and unity. Okay? Grandness, completeness,..."
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