Cally in identifying light with God and the angels and the blessed,
Dante
is only expressing--but expressing beautifully and supremely--the
thought which pagan oracles proclaimed
and Holy Writ and the Church made
known.
>From the earliest ages the sun which vivifies
and illuminates
the world was regarded by many nations as the symbol of the Deity--and
by still other nations it was adored. The psalmist,
addressing God, says: "Thou art clothed with light as with a garment."
(Ps.,
