Sin Punishment In Dante's Inferno

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What is sin? Sin is a transgression of a law or a rebellion against God. Sin is actions that harms our relationship with God or another person. Sin is choosing to act in a way that separates us from God. The question then becomes is there a way to rate sin? is one sin worse than another? Or is all sin the same? In Dante’s inferno there is a resonating yes to some sin one sin being worse or more deserving of punishment. Therefore we can conclude, in Dante’s mind at least, that some sins are worse than others as seem by how they are punished in Dante's Inferno.
There are, according to Dante, nine levels to Hell and each has a different punishment for different sins. The first layer is Limbo, this is where all virtuous non- christian and all unbaptised