City of God

The term City of God may refer to the unity between the Holy Roman Empire and the Church in the Middle Ages, or:

Literature

• The City of God (book) (De Civitate Dei), 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

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

Game

• City of the Gods, a 1987 adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game

Other

• Cidade de Deus, Rio de Janeiro, a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro
• Cidade de Deus (Osasco), the Banco Bradesco headquarters in Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil
• Mystical City of God, a 17th-century book by María de Ágreda

See also

• Rome, since the diocese of the city is known as the Holy see and the Pope is the bishop of Rome
  • Vatican City, a sovereign state and an enclave within Rome
• Theopolis or Antioch, a former city in Roman times in what is now Turkey called "the cradle of Christianity"
• New Jerusalem, a concept in the Abrahamic religions and Zionism