Difference between revisions of "Kingdom"

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Kingdom has more than one meaning. As such, this article is merely a disambiguation page, listing articles associated with Kingdom.

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Kingdom can refer to:

The Kingdom of God
Kingdom (New Testament) (a discussion of the overuse, imprecise use of this term by English translations of the New Testament
An area ruled by a monarch.
A level in the Linnaean taxonomy system of biological classification.

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-A '''kingdom''' is an area ruled by a monarch of some kind.
+{{disambiguation}}
-Alternatively, a kingdom is an allegorical understanding of Heaven and the world of God - the Kingdom of Heaven.  Early Christian writers made many comparisons between the Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of Earth.  St. Augustine of Hippo, in his [[City of God]], noted that, despite the ephemeral nature of the kingdoms of men, the Kingdom of Heaven would endure forever in the minds of the believers, and in Heaven, and after the return of Jesus Christ to earth.
+'''''Kingdom''''' can refer to:
+* The [[Kingdom of God]]
-[[Category:Government]]
+* [[Kingdom (New Testament)]] (a discussion of the overuse, imprecise use of this term by English translations of the [[New Testament]]
-[[Category:Monarchy]]
+* An [[monarchy|area ruled by a monarch]].
+* A [[kingdom (biology)|level]] in the [[Linnaean taxonomy]] system of biological classification.