Paradiso - Longfellow Translation

" . . . .All things whate'er they be Have order among themselves: and this is Form, That makes the universe resemble God." In Paradiso, the third and final book, Dante enters the realms of the upper Heavens, where he and others rail against the avarice, luxury and corruption of ecclesiastics -- and where no less than Saints Peter, James and John challenge Dante on questions of Faith, Hope, and Charity. Dante learns of the creation of the angels, the fall of Lucifer, and gains final insight ...