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the problem with the Commedia is that it is such a summa teologica such a philosophical compendium such an ars poetica such a unity of purpose such a display of genius such a metaphysical Pindaric flight such a paradoxical architecture of hope and despair such a worldly work such a majestic conception that I feel like an ant unable to do much more than being sucked into it read it and want to be at the same time damned and do penance. I also find beautiful and moving that we still are inspired by it as a whole. I do not read the Commedia in a religious sense. I do not understand what "abridge" means. What does it mean? erminia