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==Structure of Heaven==

==Structure of Heaven==

Heaven is made up of nine spheres, corresponding to the heavenly bodies visible from Earth that were known in Dante's time. Dante meets the souls of the dead in each sphere, organised according to the good works they did while on Earth. Dante questions Beatrice on what he sees and is questioned by the inhabitants of [[Heaven]] as well. The nine levels of Heaven correspond to the [[Ptolemy|Ptolemaic]] view of the planets' rotation around the Earth, and in each one Dante is shown a different category of souls:

Heaven is made up of nine spheres, corresponding to the heavenly bodies visible from Earth that were known in Dante's time. Dante meets the souls of the dead in each sphere, organised according to the good works they did while on Earth. Dante questions Beatrice on what he sees and is questioned by the inhabitants of [[Heaven]] as well. The nine levels of Heaven correspond to the [[Ptolemy|Ptolemaic]] view of the [[planet]]s' rotation around the Earth, and in each one Dante is shown a different category of souls:

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| [[Mercury]]

| [[Mercury]]

| Those who did good for personal glory

| Those who did good for personal [[glory]]

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| [[Venus]]

| [[Venus]]

| Those who did good because of love

| Those who did good because of [[love]]

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| [[Sun]]

| [[Sun]]

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| [[Crystalline Heaven]] or Primum Mobile

| [[Crystalline Heaven]] or Primum Mobile

| Angels

| [[Angel]]s

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Beyond these spheres (and outside time itself) are:

Beyond these spheres (and outside [[time]] itself) are:

* The motionless Heaven (or Empyrean)

* The motionless Heaven (or Empyrean)

* Mary’s throne

* [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Mary]]’s throne

* 9 angelic circles

* nine angelic circles

* God’s throne with the elders

* God’s throne with the elders