Jiang marks the end of the faith examination and says the next apostolic test in Paradise will be about hope under James.
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...second test is hope and this will be asked by um james okay the apostle okay so let's go to 25 please"
Key Notes
The read-aloud passage frames James as the apostolic embodiment of hope who asks Dante three linked questions: what hope is, what Dante's hope is, and where that hope comes from.
He explicitly parses James's exam into three questions: define hope, state your hope, and explain its source.
Jiang explains the passage by rejecting a theological rumor about James and insisting that only Jesus and Mary ascend to heaven bodily.
He argues that the truly outrageous part is that Dante, unlike James, is presented as worthy of ascending to heaven bodily, which Jiang treats as another expression of Dante's deliberate poetic arrogance.
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"...second test is hope and this will be asked by um james okay the apostle okay so let's go to 25 please"
"okay let's let's let's continue verse 10 for there i first found entry to that faith which makes souls welcome unto god and then..."
"of our basilica has been described i shall pray upon thee for lest ye worship the most提le of the earth and let the whole..."
"is tell how it has blossomed within your mind and from what source"
"...to you okay okay stop okay all right so this is james and he's going to interrogate dante right and what the first thing..."
"Okay. All right. So the reference is this. James, there's a theory among theologians that James was able to ascend to heaven in his..."
"...his body. Okay? Right? Think about the arrogance of this. Only James is like, I'm not even worthy of ascending to heaven with my..."
"...he can from Beatrice, and now he's being tested by, Peter, James, and John, the three apostles, right? He's also being tested in an..."
"of dante okay beatrice comes in and tells um james in the entire heavens and beatrice is perfect right so i think she says..."
"...examination. So there's going to be three apostles, Peter, John, and James. And each of these apostles is going to test Dante on a..."
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