Glossary
For this lecture, a rupture inside a social, familial, political, or religious body; Jiang does not limit it to overt rebellion against God.
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schism
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "are split okay so this in this uh part of hell uh these are people who've caused civil discord war between families okay and..."
Key Notes
Glossary
Jiang's word for the separation between God and humanity after the Fall, which redemption must somehow heal.
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Jiang says this bolgia punishes people who caused civil discord, warfare, or splits between families and communities.
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Jiang says the defining feature of these sinners is that they sowed discord that became permanent in political, familial, or communal life.
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diagnosis
Jiang says Donald Trump is the best contemporary fit because he split the Republican Party between conservative Republicans and MAGA.
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Jiang rejects the idea that every relevant schism in this circle must be an explicit separation from God, noting that Caesar and Pompey provide Dante with secular political examples.
model
Jiang says the Fall creates a schism between God and humanity, and Jesus is the descent that reconciles a nature separated from its maker.
historical-model
The Black Death and Church corruption make Europeans wonder whether God is punishing a stagnant, evil Church, leading to schism and later challengers such as Wycliffe, Jan Hus, and Martin Luther.
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"are split okay so this in this uh part of hell uh these are people who've caused civil discord war between families okay and..."
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"of counter penalty okay so we are we are these sinners committed they sold discord and this discord became permanent right so we talked..."
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"um schism though like this idea is schism what what are we schisming like we're separating yeah"
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"...the best choice would be donald trump because he caused a schism in the republican party right between conservative republicans and maga right that's..."
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"good but but but according to dante this is schisming from god right and i mean there's"
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"not necessarily not necessarily not necessarily no right because caesar and pompey didn't believe in god right okay all right so this is this..."
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"mankind lay sick in the abyss of a great error for long centuries until the word of god willed to descent to where the..."
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"...even know how to ask forgiveness okay so this is a schism this is a separation"
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"Okay? All right. And at first this is fine, but eventually bad things start to happen in Europe. Okay? So the Little Ice Age..."
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"So there are some who believe that Rome is the true center of the Catholic Church, but there are other people who believe that..."
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"Protestantism, okay? And we'll discuss Martin Luther next class. Next class we'll discuss the rise of capitalism. All right? Any questions, guys? Yes?"
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Relevant Lectures And Readings
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A source-grounded reading of Jiang's central claim: late Inferno is where private vice hardens into social design.
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Paradise first appears as receptivity rather than rank, then the lecture widens into vows, memory, resurrection, original sin, and Jiang's culminating wager that God created humanity because perfection alone cannot imagine.
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Rome fails to build a bureaucracy, Byzantium survives behind walls, and Western Europe is ruled by a stranger empire: a church that claims the sky, the soul, and the right to make impossible doctrine...
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