City of God
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- noun
- Literature
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Ciudad de Dios
- Augustine's "City of God" and the prince's "new foundation," however, are very different.
- City of God by Augustine
Examples
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In vain does the large angel closest to the boat gesture toward the City of God behind him and beckon the soul to take the path of salvation.
Academic text (2001) -
What underlies Augustine's judgments, of course, is not confusion but a profound awareness of the gulf that separates the City of God and the Earthly City.
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The City of God against the Pagans was the result.
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In The City of God, Augustine is basically neutral on which form of government is best.
Academic text (1998) -
However, in Augustine's view, very few people actually choose the City of God even when it is freely offered to them in their liberty.
Academic text (1996) -
For Augustine, the city of man is only a foil for the construction of the City of God.
Academic text (2007) -
In fact, the early books of The City of God were a careful recounting of those evils as seen in ancient, particularly Roman, history.
Academic text (1996) -
Milbank, among others, has argued that Augustine's project in the City of God is a reimagination of the political.
Academic text (2001) -
Short of the final coming of the Kingdom, the City of God and the earthly city are intermingled (XIX, 27).
Blog text (29) -
In Christian theology, the City of God represents the eternal home of the blessed after death.
Synonyms
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A place many religions believe God lives and good people go after death
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A perfect, happy place where good people go after death
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A spiritual rule of God where people follow his will on earth and in heaven
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A peaceful, happy place in Greek myth where heroes and good people go after death
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A sacred, perfect place like Heaven where God lives, often in Christian writing
A perfect, peaceful place often shown as a beautiful city in religious writing
A beautiful city in Heaven that good people go to after they die
Surface Forms
Morphology
City + of + God
As a proper-name title referring to a specific 2002 Brazilian film, the MWE's intended meaning (the film about life in Rio's favelas) cannot be derived from the literal constituents 'city', 'of', and 'God'. A B1 learner who knows the words would at best infer a literal or theological sense ('a city belonging to God') and would not predict the film reference, so the expression is not transparent.
Etymology
City of God comes from early Christian writers who pictured a perfect, heavenly town where God and the blessed live. So City of God means 'Heaven' or the place where God lives.