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Dante's way of naming the people marked by scriptural promise and therefore eligible for hope's fulfillment.
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souls whom God befriends
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...I, the new and ancient scripture, set the mark for souls whom God befriends. For me, that mark means what is promised us by..."
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The read passage grounds hope in scripture itself, with Dante saying both new and ancient scripture set the mark of what hope promises to souls befriended by God.
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"...I, the new and ancient scripture, set the mark for souls whom God befriends. For me, that mark means what is promised us by..."
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"...ships the girdler of the earth o blessed one do thou befriend the mariners absolutely one of the most powerful of all"
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The late cantos become Jiang's sharpest Dante claim so far: faith is not obedience but imagination that helps make truth real, hope is the arrogant wager that exile and persecution can still bear fruit,...
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