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The City of God ''On the City of God Against the Pagans'' ( la, De civitate Dei contra paganos), often called ''The City of God'', is a book of Christian philosophy written in Latin by Augustine of Hippo in the early 5th century AD. The book was in response ...
'' (''De civitate Dei''), a 5th-century book by St. Augustine of Hippo, and subsequently to the
Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
and its unity with civil power, such as existed between the it and the
Holy Roman Empire The Holy Roman Empire was a Polity, political entity in Western Europe, Western, Central Europe, Central, and Southern Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, dissolution i ...
in the Middle Ages. There are many derivative works and institutions:


Places

* Cidade de Deus (Osasco), the Banco Bradesco headquarters in Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil *
Cidade de Deus, Rio de Janeiro The Cidade de Deus (, ''City of God'') is a West Zone neighborhood of the city of Rio de Janeiro. It is also known as CDD among its inhabitants. The neighborhood was founded in 1960, planned and executed by the government of Guanabara State as p ...
, a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro


Art, entertainment, and media


Literature

*''
The City of God ''On the City of God Against the Pagans'' ( la, De civitate Dei contra paganos), often called ''The City of God'', is a book of Christian philosophy written in Latin by Augustine of Hippo in the early 5th century AD. The book was in response ...
'' (''De civitate Dei''), a 5th-century book by St. Augustine of Hippo * ''City of God'' (Holland novel), a 1979 historical novel by Cecelia Holland * ''City of God'' (Lins novel) (''Cidade de Deus''), a 1997 novel by Paulo Lins set in the Rio de Janeiro neighborhood ''Cidade de Deus'' (City of God, in Portuguese) *''City of God'', a 2000 novel by
E. L. Doctorow Edgar Lawrence Doctorow (January 6, 1931 – July 21, 2015) was an American novelist, editor, and professor, best known for his works of historical fiction. He wrote twelve novels, three volumes of short fiction and a stage drama. They included ...
*''
Mystical City of God ''Mystical City of God'' is a book written in the 17th century by the Franciscan nun Venerable Mary of Jesus of Ágreda. According to María de Ágreda, the book was to a considerable extent dictated to her by the Blessed Virgin Mary and regar ...
'', a 17th-century book by María de Ágreda


Game

*''
City of the Gods ''City of the Gods'' is a 1987 adventure module for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. Its module code is DA3 and its TSR product code is TSR 9191. Plot summary In this scenario, the player characters (PCs) are sent to the City of ...
'', a 1987 adventure module for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game


Film

* ''City of God'' (2002 film) (''Cidade de Deus''), a 2002 Brazilian film based on Lins' novel **'' City of God – 10 Years Later'', a 2012 Brazilian documentary about the 2002 film * ''City of God'' (2011 film), an Indian film


See also

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Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
,
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
, according to
Psalm 46 Psalm 46 is the 46th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble". In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin V ...
in the
Old Testament The Old Testament (often abbreviated OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew writings by the Israelites. The ...
*
New Jerusalem In the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible, New Jerusalem (, ''YHWH šāmmā'', YHWH sthere") is Ezekiel's prophetic vision of a city centered on the rebuilt Holy Temple, the Third Temple, to be established in Jerusalem, which would be the c ...
, a concept in the Abrahamic religions and Zionism *
Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...
, since the diocese of the city is known as the Holy see and the Pope is the bishop of Rome **
Vatican City Vatican City (), officially the Vatican City State ( it, Stato della Città del Vaticano; la, Status Civitatis Vaticanae),—' * german: Vatikanstadt, cf. '—' (in Austria: ') * pl, Miasto Watykańskie, cf. '—' * pt, Cidade do Vati ...
, a sovereign state and an enclave within Rome * Theopolis or
Antioch Antioch on the Orontes (; grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, ''Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou'', Learned ; also Syrian Antioch) grc-koi, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπ ...
, an ancient city in what is now Turkey called "the cradle of Christianity" {{disambiguation