City of God
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City of God is Augustine of Hippo’s influential theological vision of a transcendent, spiritual community defined by love of God and contrasted with earthly political orders.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| City of God canonical | 2 |
| city of God | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3987943 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: City of God Context triple: [Augustinian theology, locatesChurchWithin, City of God]
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City of God
City of God is a landmark 2002 Brazilian crime drama film that portrays the rise of organized crime in a Rio de Janeiro favela from the 1960s to the 1980s.
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Tsotsi
Tsotsi is a 2005 South African crime drama film, directed by Gavin Hood, that follows a young Johannesburg gang leader whose life changes after he inadvertently kidnaps a baby during a carjacking.
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Biutiful
Biutiful is a 2010 Spanish-language drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, featuring Javier Bardem as a terminally ill man struggling to care for his children amid the criminal underworld of Barcelona.
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City of Gods
"City of Gods" is a drill-rap single by Fivio Foreign featuring Kanye West and Alicia Keys that serves as an anthemic tribute to New York City.
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E.
Man on Fire
Man on Fire is a 2004 action thriller film in which Denzel Washington plays a former CIA operative who seeks brutal revenge after the young girl he was hired to protect is kidnapped in Mexico City.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: City of God Target entity description: City of God is Augustine of Hippo’s influential theological vision of a transcendent, spiritual community defined by love of God and contrasted with earthly political orders.
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A.
City of God
City of God is a landmark 2002 Brazilian crime drama film that portrays the rise of organized crime in a Rio de Janeiro favela from the 1960s to the 1980s.
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B.
Tsotsi
Tsotsi is a 2005 South African crime drama film, directed by Gavin Hood, that follows a young Johannesburg gang leader whose life changes after he inadvertently kidnaps a baby during a carjacking.
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C.
Biutiful
Biutiful is a 2010 Spanish-language drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, featuring Javier Bardem as a terminally ill man struggling to care for his children amid the criminal underworld of Barcelona.
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D.
City of Gods
"City of Gods" is a drill-rap single by Fivio Foreign featuring Kanye West and Alicia Keys that serves as an anthemic tribute to New York City.
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E.
Man on Fire
Man on Fire is a 2004 action thriller film in which Denzel Washington plays a former CIA operative who seeks brutal revenge after the young girl he was hired to protect is kidnapped in Mexico City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian philosophy text
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theological work ⓘ |
| addressesEvent |
Sack of Rome 410 AD
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surface form:
Sack of Rome (410)
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| author | Augustine of Hippo ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | non-biblical but highly authoritative in Western Christianity ⓘ |
| circulation | widely read in the Latin Middle Ages ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateWritten | early 5th century ⓘ |
| dateWrittenEnd | 426 ⓘ |
| dateWrittenStart | 413 ⓘ |
| doctrine |
affirmation of divine providence over history
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distinction between temporal and eternal goods ⓘ ultimate citizenship in the heavenly city ⓘ |
| field |
Christian ethics
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ecclesiology ⓘ political theology ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian apologetics
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philosophy of history ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| influenced |
Dante Alighieri
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Reformation-era theologians ⓘ St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Aquinas
Western Christian theology ⓘ medieval political thought ⓘ modern political theology ⓘ philosophy of history in the Middle Ages ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
City of God as a pilgrim community on earth
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earthly city oriented to temporal goods ⓘ eschatological fulfillment of the City of God ⓘ two cities formed by two loves ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Christian interpretation of history
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contrast between the City of God and the earthly city ⓘ love of God versus love of self ⓘ problem of evil and divine providence ⓘ relationship between Church and earthly political orders ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 22 ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
The City of God
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surface form:
De civitate Dei
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| philosophicalOrientation | Neoplatonism-influenced Christian thought ⓘ |
| purpose |
defend Christianity against pagan accusations
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redefine the meaning of history in light of Christian revelation ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| status | major work of Augustine of Hippo ⓘ |
| structure |
first part refutes pagan criticisms of Christianity
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later part presents positive doctrine of the two cities ⓘ |
| theologicalTradition |
Latin Church worldwide
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surface form:
Latin Church
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