City of God

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City of God

1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity heaven conceived of as the New Jerusalem

2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) the Church in contrast to the world, as described by St Augustine

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City of God - phrases used to refer to Heaven; "the Celestial City was Christian's goal in Bunyan's `Pilgrim's Progress'"

Celestial City, Heavenly City, Holy City

Heaven - the abode of God and the angels

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Celestial City
heaven
Heavenly City

Holy City
paradise
Zion

Augustine's City of God, of the Utopia of Sir Thomas More, and of the numerous other imaginary States which are framed upon the same model.

The Republic by Plato View in context

Passepartout started off forthwith, and found himself in the streets of Allahabad, that is, the City of God, one of the most venerated in India, being built at the junction of the two sacred rivers, Ganges and Jumna, the waters of which attract pilgrims from every part of the peninsula.

Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context

It is loved as the city of God, although, or rather because there is no citizen.

Essays, Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context

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