Paradiso with Dr. Jonathan Juilfs
12 May 2026

Paradiso with Dr. Jonathan Juilfs

The Classical Mind

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In this concluding chapter of our journey through Dante’s Commedia, Dr. Junius Johnson and Fr. Wesley Walker are joined by Dr. Jonathan Juilfs to explore the radiant heights of Paradiso. The conversation centers on the idea that the third canticle is not a boring landscape of static perfection, but rather the very “point” of the entire project grounded in the medieval understanding of capacity and divine alignment.

Endnotes:

* Dr. Juilfs:

* The Pearl

* The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius

* What Dreams May Come

* Wesley: Little Gidding from Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot

* Junius:

* The Discarded Image by C.S. Lewis

* The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis

* Perelandra by C.S. Lewis



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