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  • noun phrases used to refer to Heaven

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Examples

  • By the way, so would St. Augie, who makes the list with Confessions but not with City of God, which is just as significant, perhaps more.

    Regarding the T4G booklist: Does the Bible imply a particular intellectual bent for pastors? - 22 Words 2008

  • Whence it is easy to conclude that the totality [assemblage] of all spirits [esprits] must compose the City of God, that is to say, the most perfect State that is possible, under the most perfect of Monarchs. posted by Brandon | 11:45 AM

    Liebniz on the Image of God 2005

  • Whence it is easy to conclude that the totality [assemblage] of all spirits [esprits] must compose the City of God, that is to say, the most perfect State that is possible, under the most perfect of Monarchs. posted by Brandon | 11:45 AM

    Archive 2005-06-01 2005

  • After the organization of a new heaven and a new earth it was taught that upon the latter would descend a beautiful city, with pearly gates and golden streets, called the City of God, the Kingdom of God, the

    Astral Worship J. H. Hill

  • Above the earthly city, rises the City of God, which is the communion of holy souls, the only one which gives complete and never-failing joy.

    Saint Augustin Louis Bertrand 1903

  • Cain belonged to the city of man, but Christlike Abel belonged to the City of God.

    Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

  • Cain belonged to the city of man, but Christlike Abel belonged to the City of God.

    Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

  • Most of the acoustic-heavy recording was gentle, though I knew the man had other sides -- the way he held down the hood in City of God, for one.

    Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Seu Jorge, Salsa and Ghanian Afrobeat 2010

  • Some of the opening cities rivaled City of God for social and political relevance, and the background love story -- well, I'm as much for a good romance as anyone.

    Derek Beres: The Spell (and Sell) of the Expectable: Slumdog Millionaire 2009

  • Talent aside, think he would have gotten those gigs had he not been nominated for a foreign film like City of God?

    Melissa Silverstein: What the Hell is a Co-Director Anyway? 2009

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