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Apr 2024
19m 16s

WOF 432: Who is Dante Alighieri?

BISHOP ROBERT BARRON
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Today we are excited to bring you the first lecture from Bishop Barron's popular course, "Dante's Catholic Imagination," which is available in its entirety inside the Word on Fire Institute. We hope you enjoy this deep dive into Dante's evergreen, always-relevant poetic, moral, and theological genius. 


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