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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinu_de_Dios" title="Reinu de Dios – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Reinu de Dios" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanr%C4%B1n%C4%B1n_pad%C5%9Fahl%C4%B1%C4%9F%C4%B1" title="Tanrının padşahlığı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Tanrının padşahlığı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D1%86%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE" title="Божие царство – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Божие царство" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regne_de_D%C3%A9u" title="Regne de Déu – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Regne de Déu" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kr%C3%A1lovstv%C3%AD_Bo%C5%BE%C3%AD" title="Království Boží – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Království Boží" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guds_rige" title="Guds rige – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Guds rige" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reich_Gottes" title="Reich Gottes – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Reich Gottes" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumalariik" title="Jumalariik – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Jumalariik" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%98%CE%B5%CE%BF%CF%8D" title="Βασιλεία του Θεού – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βασιλεία του Θεού" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reino_de_Dios" title="Reino de Dios – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Reino de Dios" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%88iela_Regno" title="Ĉiela Regno – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ĉiela Regno" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jainkoaren_erregetza" title="Jainkoaren erregetza – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Jainkoaren erregetza" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C_%D8%AE%D8%AF%D8%A7" title="پادشاهی خدا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پادشاهی خدا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royaume_de_Dieu" title="Royaume de Dieu – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Royaume de Dieu" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gods_ryk" title="Gods ryk – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Gods ryk" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%98%EB%8A%90%EB%8B%98%EC%9D%98_%EB%82%98%EB%9D%BC" title="하느님의 나라 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="하느님의 나라" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B5%D6%80%D5%AF%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%A1%D6%80%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Երկնային արքայություն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Երկնային արքայություն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraljevstvo_Bo%C5%BEje" title="Kraljevstvo Božje – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Kraljevstvo Božje" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rejeso_e_rejio_di_Dio" title="Rejeso e rejio di Dio – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Rejeso e rejio di Dio" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemerajaan_dan_kerajaan_Allah" title="Kemerajaan dan kerajaan Allah – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kemerajaan dan kerajaan Allah" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regno_de_Deo" title="Regno de Deo – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Regno de Deo" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regno_dei_cieli" title="Regno dei cieli – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Regno dei cieli" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D" title="מלכות שמיים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מלכות שמיים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regnum_Dei" title="Regnum Dei – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Regnum Dei" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieva_valst%C4%ABba" title="Dieva valstība – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Dieva valstība" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dievo_karalyst%C4%97" title="Dievo karalystė – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Dievo karalystė" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isten_orsz%C3%A1ga" title="Isten országa – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Isten országa" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%A6%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE" title="Небесно Царство – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Небесно Царство" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanjakan%27_Andriamanitra" title="Fanjakan' Andriamanitra – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Fanjakan' Andriamanitra" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%88%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%9C%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%82" title="ദൈവരാജ്യം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ദൈവരാജ്യം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%87_%D9%88%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87" title="الملكيه وملكوت الله – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="الملكيه وملكوت الله" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koninkrijk_van_God" title="Koninkrijk van God – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Koninkrijk van God" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A5%9E%E3%81%AE%E7%8E%8B%E5%9B%BD" title="神の王国 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="神の王国" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guds_rike" title="Guds rike – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Guds rike" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guds_rike" title="Guds rike – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Guds rike" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ro%C3%A9%C3%AFaume_ed_ches_Cius" title="Roéïaume ed ches Cius – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Roéïaume ed ches Cius" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gott_sien_Riek" title="Gott sien Riek – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Gott sien Riek" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kr%C3%B3lestwo_Bo%C5%BCe" title="Królestwo Boże – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Królestwo Boże" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reino_de_Deus" title="Reino de Deus – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Reino de Deus" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a 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style="font-size:200%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Utopia" title="Utopia">Utopias</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2010_Utopien_arche04.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/2010_Utopien_arche04.jpg/120px-2010_Utopien_arche04.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/2010_Utopien_arche04.jpg/180px-2010_Utopien_arche04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/2010_Utopien_arche04.jpg/240px-2010_Utopien_arche04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1890" data-file-height="1427" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#ddddff;"> Mythical and religious</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arcadia_(utopia)" title="Arcadia (utopia)">Arcadia</a></li> <li><a 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The notion of <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">God</a>'s kingship goes back to the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a>, which refers to "his kingdom" but does not include the term "Kingdom of God".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wright_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wright-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The "Kingdom of God" and its equivalent form <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Heaven_(Gospel_of_Matthew)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Heaven (Gospel of Matthew)"> "Kingdom of Heaven"</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Gospel of Matthew</a> is one of the key elements of the teachings of <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> in the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Mark" title="Gospel of Mark">Gospel of Mark</a> indicates that the gospel is the good news about the Kingdom of God. The term pertains to the <a href="/wiki/Christ_the_King" title="Christ the King">kingship of Christ</a> over all creation. The phrase "Kingdom of heaven" appears in Matthew's gospel due primarily to Jewish sensibilities about uttering the "name" (God). Jesus did not teach the kingdom of God <i>per se</i> so much as the <i>return</i> of that kingdom. The notion of God's kingdom (as it had been under <a href="/wiki/Moses" title="Moses">Moses</a>) returning became an agitation in "knaan," modern <a href="/wiki/Levant" title="Levant">Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon</a>, 60 years before Jesus was born, and continued to be a force for nearly a hundred years after his death.<sup id="cite_ref-France101_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-France101-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="Quotation needed from source to verify. (August 2024)">need quotation to verify</span></a></i>]</sup> Drawing on <a href="/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a> teachings, the Christian characterization of the <a href="/wiki/God_in_Christianity" title="God in Christianity">relationship between God and humanity</a> inherently involves the notion of the "Kingship of God".<sup id="cite_ref-Mercer490_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mercer490-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Image478_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Image478-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Quran" title="Quran">Quran</a> does not use the term "kingdom of God", but includes <a href="/wiki/Al-Baqara_255" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Baqara 255">the Throne Verse</a> which talks about the throne of <a href="/wiki/Allah" title="Allah">God</a> encompassing the heavens and the Earth. The <a href="/wiki/Quran" title="Quran">Quran</a> also refers to <a href="/wiki/Abraham" title="Abraham">Abraham</a> seeing the "Kingdom of the heavens".<sup id="cite_ref-Prophet27_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prophet27-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Writings of the <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí Faith</a> also use the term "kingdom of God".<sup id="cite_ref-BGems_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BGems-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Zoroastrianism">Zoroastrianism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kingship_and_kingdom_of_God&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Zoroastrianism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Zoroastrianism" title="Zoroastrianism">Zoroastrianism</a>, a possible influence on Abrahamic traditions,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> includes the concept of a "kingdom of God" or of a <a href="/wiki/Divine_kingship" class="mw-redirect" title="Divine kingship">divine kingship</a>: </p> <blockquote> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Gatha_(Zoroaster)" title="Gatha (Zoroaster)"> <i>Gāthās</i></a> <a href="/wiki/Zoroaster" title="Zoroaster">Zoroaster</a>'s thoughts about <i>khšathra</i> as a thing turn mostly to the <a href="/wiki/Dominion_(political_theory)" title="Dominion (political theory)"> 'dominion'</a> or 'kingdom' of God, which was conceived, it seems, both as <a href="/wiki/Heaven" title="Heaven">heaven</a> itself, thought of as lying just above the visible sky, and as the kingdom of God to come on earth which is also represented by Khšathra - hence, presumably, his standing epithet of <i>vairya</i> 'desirable'; for as Christians pray to God, 'Thy kingdom come ...', so also Zoroastrians long to establish the kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Ahura_Mazda" title="Ahura Mazda"> Ahura Mazdā</a> here below. [...] The heavenly aspect of khšathra/Khšathra has plainly a pagan origin, for in the <a href="/wiki/Vedas" title="Vedas">Vedas</a> <a href="/wiki/Paradise" title="Paradise">Paradise</a> is the kṣatra of <a href="/wiki/Varu%E1%B9%87a" class="mw-redirect" title="Varuṇa">Varuṇa</a>, the kingdom of heaven which for their own happiness men longed to attain.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hebrew_Bible">Hebrew Bible</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kingship_and_kingdom_of_God&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Hebrew Bible"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kingship_of_God_(Judaism)" title="Kingship of God (Judaism)">Kingship of God (Judaism)</a></div> <p>The term "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.lordmessage.co/2020/03/what-is-the-Kingdom-of-God.html">kingdom of the LORD</a>" appears twice in the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a>, in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=1%20Chronicles%2028:5&version=nrsv">1 Chronicles 28:5</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=2%20Chronicles%2013:8&version=nrsv">2 Chronicles 13:8</a>. In addition, "his kingdom" and "your kingdom" are sometimes used when referring to God.<sup id="cite_ref-Wright_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wright-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Yours is the kingdom, O Lord" is used in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt25a29.htm#10">1 Chronicles 29:10–12</a> and "His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom" in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt3403.htm#33">Daniel 3:33</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Daniel%204:3&version=nrsv">Daniel 4:3</a> in the verse numbering used in Christian Bibles) for example.<sup id="cite_ref-Mays_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mays-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are also verses like <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Exodus%2019:6&version=nrsv">Exodus 19:6</a> that show how Israel, as God's <a href="/wiki/Chosen_people" title="Chosen people">chosen people</a>, are considered to be a kingdom, mirroring some Christian interpretations that view God's kingdom as <a href="/wiki/Christendom" title="Christendom">Christendom</a>. </p><p>"The Hebrew word <i>malkuth</i> [...] refers first to a <a href="/wiki/Absolute_monarchy" title="Absolute monarchy">reign, dominion, or rule</a> and only secondarily to the realm over which a reign is exercised. [...] When <i>malkuth</i> is used of God, it almost always refers to his authority or to his rule as the heavenly King."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The "enthronement psalms" (<a href="/wiki/Psalms" title="Psalms">Psalms</a> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(American_Standard)/Psalms#45" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/Psalms">45</a>, <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(American_Standard)/Psalms#93" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/Psalms">93</a>, <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(American_Standard)/Psalms#96" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/Psalms">96</a>, <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(American_Standard)/Psalms#97" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/Psalms">97–99</a>) provide a background for this view with the exclamation "The Lord is King".<sup id="cite_ref-Image478_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Image478-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt09a22.htm#19">1 Kings 22:19</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isaiah_6" title="Isaiah 6">Isaiah 6</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ezekiel_1" title="Ezekiel 1">Ezekiel 1</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt3407.htm#9">Daniel 7:9</a> all speak of the <a href="/wiki/Throne_of_God" title="Throne of God">Throne of God</a>, although some philosophers such as <a href="/wiki/Saadia_Gaon" title="Saadia Gaon">Saadia Gaon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maimonides" title="Maimonides">Maimonides</a> interpreted such mention of a "throne" as allegory.<sup id="cite_ref-Bowker_pp._Throne_of_God_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bowker_pp._Throne_of_God-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Intertestamental_period">Intertestamental period</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kingship_and_kingdom_of_God&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Intertestamental period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Intertestamental_period" title="Intertestamental period">Intertestamental period</a></div> <p>The phrase <i>the Kingdom of God</i> is not common in intertestamental literature. Where it does occur, such as in the <a href="/wiki/Psalms_of_Solomon" title="Psalms of Solomon">Psalms of Solomon</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Wisdom_of_Solomon" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisdom of Solomon">Wisdom of Solomon</a>, it usually refers to "God's reign, not to the realm over which he reigns, nor to the new age, [nor to ...] the messianic order to be established by the Lord's Anointed".<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The term does occasionally, however, denote "an eschatological event", such as in the <a href="/wiki/Assumption_of_Moses" title="Assumption of Moses">Assumption of Moses</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Sibylline_Oracles" title="Sibylline Oracles">Sibylline Oracles</a>. In these works, "God's Kingdom is not the new age but the effective manifestation of his rule in all the world so that the eschatological order is established."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along these lines was the more "national" view in which the awaited <a href="/wiki/Messiah" title="Messiah">messiah</a> was seen as a liberator and the founder of a new state of Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="New_Testament">New Testament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kingship_and_kingdom_of_God&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: New Testament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Gospel of Luke</a> records Jesus' description of the Kingdom of God, "The kingdom of God does not come with observation;<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Synoptic_Gospels" title="Synoptic Gospels">Synoptic Gospels</a>, Jesus speaks frequently of God's kingdom. However within the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a>, nowhere does Jesus appear to clearly define the concept.<sup id="cite_ref-Ladd_45_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ladd_45-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within the Synoptic Gospel accounts, the assumption appears to have been made that, "this was a concept so familiar that it did not require definition."<sup id="cite_ref-Ladd_45_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ladd_45-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Karen Wenell wrote, "Mark's Gospel provides for us a significant place of transformation for the space of the Kingdom of God, precisely because it can be understood as a kind of birthplace for the Kingdom of God, the beginning of its construction ...".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/John%27s_Gospel" class="mw-redirect" title="John's Gospel">John's Gospel</a> refers to the Kingdom of God in Jesus' dialogue with <a href="/wiki/Nicodemus" title="Nicodemus">Nicodemus</a> in <a href="/wiki/John_3" title="John 3">chapter 3</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Constantin_von_Tischendorf" title="Constantin von Tischendorf">Constantin von Tischendorf</a>'s text is exceptional in referring to "the kingdom of heaven" in John 3:5, on evidence which <a href="/wiki/Heinrich_August_Wilhelm_Meyer" title="Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer">Heinrich Meyer</a> describes as "ancient but yet inadequate".<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Within the non-canonical, yet contemporary <a href="/wiki/Gnostic_Gospel" class="mw-redirect" title="Gnostic Gospel">Gnostic Gospel</a> of <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Thomas" title="Gospel of Thomas">Thomas</a>, Jesus is quoted as saying, "If those who lead you say to you: ‘Look, the kingdom is in the sky!’ then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you: ‘It is in the sea,’ then the fishes will precede you. Rather, the kingdom is inside of you and outside of you. When you come to know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will realize that you are the children of the living Father."<sup id="cite_ref-gnostic-thomas_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnostic-thomas-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This same Gospel of Thomas further describes Jesus as implying that the Kingdom of God is already present, saying, "The kingdom of the Father is spread out upon the earth, and people do not see it.”<sup id="cite_ref-gnostic-thomas_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnostic-thomas-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Apostle_Paul" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostle Paul">Apostle Paul</a> described the Kingdom of God in his letter to the church in Rome: "For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Kingdom of God (and its possibly equivalent form <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Heaven_(Gospel_of_Matthew)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Heaven (Gospel of Matthew)">Kingdom of Heaven in the Gospel of Matthew</a>) is one of the key elements of the teachings of <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> in the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-France101_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-France101-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Drawing on Old Testament teachings, the Christian characterization of the relationship between God and humanity inherently involves the notion of the "Kingship of God".<sup id="cite_ref-Mercer490_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mercer490-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Image478_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Image478-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most of the uses of the Greek word, <i>basileia</i> (kingdom), in the New Testament involve Kingdom of God (or Kingdom of Heaven).<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Matthew is likely to have instead used the term <a href="/wiki/Heaven" title="Heaven">heaven</a> because the background of his <a href="/wiki/Jewish_Christians" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish Christians">Jewish audience</a> imposed restrictions on the frequent use of the <a href="/wiki/Name_of_God_in_Christianity" class="mw-redirect" title="Name of God in Christianity">name of God</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Dr. <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Missler" title="Chuck Missler">Chuck Missler</a> asserts that Matthew intentionally differentiated between the kingdoms of God and Heaven: "Most commentators presume that these terms are synonymous. However, Matthew uses <i>Kingdom of Heaven</i> 33 times, but also uses <i>Kingdom of God</i> five times, even in adjacent verses, which indicates that these are not synonymous: he is using a more denotative term."<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kingdom of God is translated to <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> as <i>Regnum Dei</i> and Kingdom of Heaven as <i>Regnum caelorum</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Christianity">Christianity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kingship_and_kingdom_of_God&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Christianity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1246091330"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks hlist"><tbody><tr><td class="sidebar-pretitle">Part of a series on the</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle"><a href="/wiki/Attributes_of_God_in_Christianity" title="Attributes of God in Christianity">Attributes of God<br /><small><small> in Christianity</small></small></a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Stained_glass,_Holy_Family_Church,_Teconnaught,_September_2010_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Stained_glass%2C_Holy_Family_Church%2C_Teconnaught%2C_September_2010_crop.jpg/220px-Stained_glass%2C_Holy_Family_Church%2C_Teconnaught%2C_September_2010_crop.jpg" 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decoding="async" width="150" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Gottvater_thronend_Westfalen_15_Jh.jpg/225px-Gottvater_thronend_Westfalen_15_Jh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Gottvater_thronend_Westfalen_15_Jh.jpg/300px-Gottvater_thronend_Westfalen_15_Jh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1326" data-file-height="1675" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/God_the_Father" title="God the Father">God the Father</a> on a <a href="/wiki/Throne_of_God" title="Throne of God">throne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westphalia" title="Westphalia">Westphalia</a>, Germany, late 15th century</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a> refers to "God the Judge of all" and the notion that all humans will eventually <a href="/wiki/Last_judgment" class="mw-redirect" title="Last judgment">be judged</a> is an essential element of Christian teachings.<sup id="cite_ref-Millard391_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Millard391-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Building on a number of New Testament passages, the <a href="/wiki/Nicene_Creed" title="Nicene Creed">Nicene Creed</a> indicates that the task of judgment is assigned to Jesus.<sup id="cite_ref-Millard391_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Millard391-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pann390_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pann390-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>No overall agreement on the theological interpretation of "Kingdom of God" has emerged among scholars. While a number of theological interpretations of the term Kingdom of God have appeared in its <a href="/wiki/Eschatology" title="Eschatology">eschatological</a> context, e.g. <a href="/wiki/Apocalypticism" title="Apocalypticism">apocalyptic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Realized_eschatology" title="Realized eschatology">realized</a> or <a href="/wiki/Inaugurated_eschatology" title="Inaugurated eschatology">Inaugurated</a> eschatologies, no consensus has emerged among scholars.<sup id="cite_ref-familiar77_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-familiar77-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Chil255_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chil255-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/R._T._France" title="R. T. France">R. T. France</a> points out that while the concept of "Kingdom of God" has an intuitive meaning to lay Christians, there is hardly any agreement among scholars about its meaning in the New Testament.<sup id="cite_ref-FranceK1_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FranceK1-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some scholars see it as a Christian lifestyle, some as a method of world evangelization, some as the rediscovery of charismatic gifts, others relate it to no present or future situation, but the <a href="/wiki/World_to_come" title="World to come">world to come</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FranceK1_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FranceK1-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> France states that the phrase Kingdom of God is often interpreted in many ways to fit the theological agenda of those interpreting it.<sup id="cite_ref-FranceK1_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FranceK1-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Throne_of_God" title="Throne of God">Throne of God</a> is alluded to in several forms.<sup id="cite_ref-Kittel_p._164-166_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kittel_p._164-166-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among these are <a href="/wiki/Heaven_(Christianity)" class="mw-redirect" title="Heaven (Christianity)">Heaven</a> as the Throne of God, The Throne of <a href="/wiki/David" title="David">David</a>, The Throne of Glory, The Throne of <a href="/wiki/Grace_(Christianity)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grace (Christianity)">Grace</a> and many more.<sup id="cite_ref-Kittel_p._164-166_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kittel_p._164-166-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The New Testament continues Jewish identification of heaven itself as the "throne of God",<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but also locates the throne of God as "in heaven" and having a second subordinate seat at the <a href="/wiki/Right_Hand_of_God" class="mw-redirect" title="Right Hand of God">Right Hand of God</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Session_of_Christ" title="Session of Christ">Session of Christ</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Islam">Islam</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kingship_and_kingdom_of_God&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Islam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_the_world_in_Islam" title="Divisions of the world in Islam">Divisions of the world in Islam</a></div> <p>The term "kingdom of God" does not occur in the Quran. The modern Arabic word for kingdom is <i>mamlaka</i> (المملكة), but in the Quran <i>mul'kan</i> (مُّلْكًا), refers to Heaven, e.g. in 4:54 "Or do they envy mankind for what Allah hath given them of his bounty? but We had already given the people of Abraham the Book and Wisdom, and conferred upon them a great kingdom" and 6:75 "Thus did We show Abraham the kingdom of the heavens and the earth."<sup id="cite_ref-Prophet27_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prophet27-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The variant <i>Maalik</i> (Owner, etmologically similar to <i>Malik</i> (king)) occurs in <a href="/wiki/Al-Fatiha" title="Al-Fatiha">1</a>:4 "[Allah is] The owner of the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_eschatology" title="Islamic eschatology">Day of Judgement</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-fatiha_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fatiha-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bahá'í_Faith"><span id="Bah.C3.A1.27.C3.AD_Faith"></span>Bahá'í Faith</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kingship_and_kingdom_of_God&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Bahá'í Faith"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_cosmology" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahá'í cosmology">Bahá'í cosmology</a></div> <p>The term "kingdom of God" appears in the writings of the <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí Faith</a>, including the religious works of <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27u%27ll%C3%A1h" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahá'u'lláh">Bahá'u'lláh</a>, the founder of the religion, and his son <a href="/wiki/%60Abdu%27l-Bah%C3%A1" class="mw-redirect" title="`Abdu'l-Bahá">`Abdu'l-Bahá</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BGems_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BGems-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_teachings" title="Baháʼí teachings">Baháʼí teachings</a>, the kingdom of God is seen both as a state of individual being, and the state of the world. Bahá'u'lláh claimed that the scriptures of the world's religions foretell a coming messianic figure that will bring a <a href="/wiki/New_world_order_(Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD)" title="New world order (Baháʼí)">golden age of humanity</a>, the kingdom of God on earth. He claimed to be that figure, and that his teachings would bring about the kingdom of God; he also noted that the prophecies relating to the end times and the arrival of the kingdom of God were symbolic and referred to spiritual upheaval and renewal.<sup id="cite_ref-momen_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-momen-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Baháʼí teachings also state as people worship and serve humanity they become closer to God and develop spiritually, so that they can attain eternal life and enter the kingdom of God while alive.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kingship_and_kingdom_of_God&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apocalypse" title="Apocalypse">Apocalypse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christ_the_King" title="Christ the King">Christ the King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divine_presence" title="Divine presence">Divine presence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_Heaven" class="mw-redirect" title="Emperor of Heaven">Emperor of Heaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qaddish" class="mw-redirect" title="Qaddish">Qaddish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_of_Heaven" title="Queen of Heaven">Queen of Heaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_world_order_(Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD)" title="New world order (Baháʼí)">New world order (Baháʼí)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sermon_on_the_Mount" title="Sermon on the Mount">Sermon on the Mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Throne_of_God" title="Throne of God">Throne of God</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Genesis#2:1" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Genesis">Genesis 2</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References_and_notes">References and notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kingship_and_kingdom_of_God&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References and notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 32em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Abrahamic Faiths, Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflicts" (Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change. Series I, Culture and Values, Vol. 7) by Paul Peachey, George F. McLean and John Kromkowski (Jun 1997) <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1565181042" title="Special:BookSources/1565181042">1565181042</a> p. 315</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Wright-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Wright_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wright_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrance2005" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/R._T._France" title="R. T. France">France, R. T.</a> (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=I8UWJohMGUIC&pg=PA420">"Kingdom of God"</a>. In Vanhoozer, Kevin J.; Bartholomew, Craig G.; Treier, Daniel J.; Wright, Nicholas Thomas (eds.). <i>Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible</i>. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House. pp. 420–422. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8010-2694-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8010-2694-2"><bdi>978-0-8010-2694-2</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210126092732/https://books.google.com/books?id=I8UWJohMGUIC&pg=PA420">Archived</a> from the original on 26 January 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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France (21 Aug 2007) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/080282501X" title="Special:BookSources/080282501X">080282501X</a> pp. 101–103</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Mercer490-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Mercer490_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mercer490_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Mercer Dictionary of the Bible</i> by Watson E. Mills, Edgar V. McKnight and Roger A. 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Haifa, Israel: Baháʼí World Centre. p. 9. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85398-975-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-85398-975-3"><bdi>0-85398-975-3</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190606124511/http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/GDM/">Archived</a> from the original on 6 June 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. pp. 95, 97. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780773511330" title="Special:BookSources/9780773511330"><bdi>9780773511330</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 August</span> 2024</span>. <q>The striking resemblances (and differences) between some characteristic Zoroastrian teachings and those of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have certainly attracted the attention of both biblical and Iranian specialists. 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(1880), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biblehub.com/commentaries/meyer/john/3.htm">Meyer's NT Commentary</a> on John 3, translated from the German sixth edition, accessed 8 January 2024</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gnostic-thomas-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-gnostic-thomas_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-gnostic-thomas_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/bible-versions-and-translations/the-gospel-of-thomas-114-sayings-of-jesus/">Gospel of Thomas’s 114 Sayings of Jesus</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170905000650/https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/bible-versions-and-translations/the-gospel-of-thomas-114-sayings-of-jesus/">Archived</a> 5 September 2017 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Biblical Archaeological Society. 4 June 2017. Downloaded 4 September 2017.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Romans 14:17 NIV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Theology for the Community of God</i> by Stanley J. Grenz (2000) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0802847552" title="Special:BookSources/0802847552">0802847552</a> p. 473</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Matthew</i> by David L. 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Hebrews 8:1 "we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fatiha-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-fatiha_36-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Quran 1:4</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBahá'u'lláh1976" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27u%27ll%C3%A1h" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahá'u'lláh">Bahá'u'lláh</a> (1976). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/gleaningsfromwri0000baha_w8j0/page/86"><i>Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh</i></a>. Wilmette, Illinois: Baháʼí Publishing Trust. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/gleaningsfromwri0000baha_w8j0/page/86">86</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87743-187-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-87743-187-6"><bdi>0-87743-187-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Gleanings+from+the+Writings+of+Bah%C3%A1%27u%27ll%C3%A1h&rft.place=Wilmette%2C+Illinois&rft.pages=86&rft.pub=Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD+Publishing+Trust&rft.date=1976&rft.isbn=0-87743-187-6&rft.au=Bah%C3%A1%27u%27ll%C3%A1h&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fgleaningsfromwri0000baha_w8j0%2Fpage%2F86&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKingship+and+kingdom+of+God" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBahá'u'lláh1992" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27u%27ll%C3%A1h" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahá'u'lláh">Bahá'u'lláh</a> (1992) [1873]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/KA/"><i>The Kitáb-i-Aqdas: The Most Holy Book</i></a>. 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Wilmette, Illinois: Baháʼí Publishing Trust (published 1990). p. 58. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87743-162-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-87743-162-0"><bdi>0-87743-162-0</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190522140517/http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/SAQ/">Archived</a> from the original on 22 May 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Schism" title="East–West Schism">Schism (1054)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Investiture_Controversy" title="Investiture Controversy">Investiture Controversy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crusades" title="Crusades">Crusades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Schism" title="Western Schism">Schism (1378)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inquisition" title="Inquisition">Inquisition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medieval_university" title="Medieval university">Universities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scholasticism" title="Scholasticism">Scholasticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_the_Age_of_Discovery" title="Catholic Church and the Age of Discovery">Age of Discovery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_modern_era" title="Christianity in the modern era">Modern era</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic Church and Protestant">Protestantism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reformation" title="Reformation">Protestant Reformation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counter-Reformation" title="Counter-Reformation">Catholic Reformation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Trent" title="Council of Trent">Trent</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War" title="Thirty Years' War">Thirty Years' War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment" title="Age of Enlightenment">Enlightenment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dechristianization_of_France_during_the_French_Revolution" title="Dechristianization of France during the French Revolution">French Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_Nazi_Germany" title="Catholic Church and Nazi Germany">Nazism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council" title="Second Vatican Council">Vatican II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Soviet_Union_relations" title="Holy See–Soviet Union relations">Communism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_cases" title="Catholic Church sexual abuse cases">Sexual abuse scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_Islam" title="Catholic Church and Islam">Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_the_Catholic_Church" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Catholic Church">COVID-19 pandemic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_theology" title="Catholic theology">Theology</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Bible" title="Catholic Bible">Bible</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Catholic_tradition" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic tradition">Tradition</a><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Catechism_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Catechism of the Catholic Church">Catechism</a></i></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="General" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/God_in_Christianity" title="God in Christianity">God</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trinity" title="Trinity">Trinity</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kingdom</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_theology_on_the_body" title="Catholic theology on the body">Body and soul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divine_grace" title="Divine grace">Divine grace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dogma_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Dogma in the Catholic Church">Dogma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicene_Creed" title="Nicene Creed">Nicene Creed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Original_sin" title="Original sin">Original sin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_saints" title="List of Catholic saints">Saints</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvation_in_Christianity" title="Salvation in Christianity">Salvation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sermon_on_the_Mount" title="Sermon on the Mount">Sermon on the Mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten_Commandments_in_Catholic_theology" title="Ten Commandments in Catholic theology">Ten Commandments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vulgate" title="Vulgate">Vulgate</a></li> <li>Official Bible <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sixtine_Vulgate" title="Sixtine Vulgate">Sixtine Vulgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixto-Clementine_Vulgate" title="Sixto-Clementine Vulgate">Sixto-Clementine Vulgate</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nova_Vulgata" title="Nova Vulgata">Nova Vulgata</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_worship" title="Christian worship">Worship</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_ecclesiology" title="Catholic ecclesiology">Ecclesiology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Communitas_perfecta" title="Communitas perfecta">Communitas perfecta</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_ecumenical_councils" title="Catholic ecumenical councils">Councils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_ecumenism" title="Catholic Church and ecumenism">Ecumenism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Marks_of_the_Church" title="Four Marks of the Church">Four marks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/One_true_church" title="One true church">One true church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholicity" title="Catholicity">Catholic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infallibility_of_the_Church" title="Infallibility of the Church">Infallibility</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mystici_Corporis_Christi" title="Mystici Corporis Christi">Mystici Corporis Christi</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People_of_God" title="People of God">People of God</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Churches_Militant,_Penitent,_and_Triumphant" title="Churches Militant, Penitent, and Triumphant">Three states</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Subsistit_in" title="Subsistit in">Subsistit in</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philosophy,_theology,_and_fundamental_theory_of_Catholic_canon_law" title="Philosophy, theology, and fundamental theory of Catholic canon law">In canon law</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Sacraments_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Sacraments of the Catholic Church">Sacraments</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">Baptism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confirmation_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Confirmation in the Catholic Church">Confirmation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eucharist_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Eucharist in the Catholic Church">Eucharist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacrament_of_Penance" title="Sacrament of Penance">Penance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anointing_of_the_Sick_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Anointing of the Sick in the Catholic Church">Anointing of the Sick</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Last_rites" title="Last rites">Last rites</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_orders_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Holy orders in the Catholic Church">Holy orders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marriage_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Marriage in the Catholic Church">Matrimony</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Mariology" title="Catholic Mariology">Mariology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary" title="Assumption of Mary">Assumption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Catholic_Mariology" title="History of Catholic Mariology">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immaculate_Conception" title="Immaculate Conception">Immaculate Conception</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariology_of_the_popes" title="Mariology of the popes">Mariology of the popes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariology_of_the_saints" title="Mariology of the saints">Mariology of the saints</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theotokos" title="Theotokos">Mother of God</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perpetual_virginity_of_Mary" title="Perpetual virginity of Mary">Perpetual virginity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veneration_of_Mary_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church">Veneration</a></li> <li>See also:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josephology" title="Josephology">Josephology</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christian_philosophy" title="Christian philosophy">Philosophy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Natural_law" title="Natural law">Natural law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_moral_theology" title="Catholic moral theology">Moral theology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Personalism_(Catholic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Personalism (Catholic)">Personalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_social_teaching" title="Catholic social teaching">Social teaching</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_philosophers_and_theologians" title="List of Catholic philosophers and theologians">Philosophers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philosophy,_theology,_and_fundamental_theory_of_Catholic_canon_law" title="Philosophy, theology, and fundamental theory of Catholic canon law">Philosophy of canon law</a></li> <li>See also:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_and_the_Catholic_Church" title="Science and the Catholic Church">Science</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evolution_and_the_Catholic_Church" title="Evolution and the Catholic Church">Evolution</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state" title="Separation of church and state">Separation of church and state</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Relations_between_the_Catholic_Church_and_the_state" title="Relations between the Catholic Church and the state">Relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_politics" title="Catholic Church and politics">Politics</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Saint_(Catholic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint (Catholic)">Saints</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Family" title="Holy Family">Holy Family</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph" title="Saint Joseph">Joseph</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patriarch" title="Patriarch">Patriarchs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prophets_of_Christianity" title="Prophets of Christianity">Prophets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archangel" title="Archangel">Archangels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_martyr" title="Christian martyr">Martyrs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_the_Church" title="Doctor of the Church">Doctors of the Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Evangelists" title="Four Evangelists">Evangelists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confessor_of_the_Faith" title="Confessor of the Faith">Confessors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disciple_(Christianity)" title="Disciple (Christianity)">Disciples</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_(title)" title="Virgin (title)">Virgins</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Organisation<br /><small><a href="/wiki/Hierarchy_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Hierarchy of the Catholic Church">Hierarchy</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Canon_law_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Canon law of the Catholic Church">Canon law</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Catholic_laity" title="Catholic laity">Laity</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Order_of_precedence_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Order of precedence in the Catholic Church">Precedence</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_by_country" title="Catholic Church by country">By country</a></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_popes" title="List of popes">List of popes</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Pope</a> <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Francis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_ecumenical_councils" title="Catholic ecumenical councils">Ecumenical councils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_of_Cardinals" title="College of Cardinals">College</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholic_Church)" title="Cardinal (Catholic Church)">Cardinals</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_living_cardinals" class="mw-redirect" title="List of living cardinals">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Cardinal_Advisers" class="mw-redirect" title="Council of Cardinal Advisers">Advisers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Curia" title="Roman Curia">Roman Curia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dicastery" title="Dicastery">Dicasteries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synod_of_Bishops_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Synod of Bishops in the Catholic Church">Synod of Bishops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Properties_of_the_Holy_See" title="Properties of the Holy See">Properties</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Vatican_City%E2%80%93related_articles" title="Index of Vatican City–related articles">Index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Vatican_City" title="Outline of Vatican City">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Palace" title="Apostolic Palace">Apostolic Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lateran_Treaty" title="Lateran Treaty">Lateran Treaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Rota" title="Roman Rota">Roman Rota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Basilica" title="St. Peter's Basilica">St. Peter's Basilica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Guard" title="Swiss Guard">Swiss Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Museums" title="Vatican Museums">Vatican Museums</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_polity" title="Ecclesiastical polity">Polity</a> (<a href="/wiki/Holy_orders_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Holy orders in the Catholic Church">Holy orders</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholic_dioceses_(structured_view)" title="List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)">Diocese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Episcopal_conference" title="Episcopal conference">Episcopal conference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eparchy#Church_hierarchy" title="Eparchy">Eparchy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishops_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Bishops in the Catholic Church">Bishop</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patriarch" title="Patriarch">Patriarch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_archbishop" title="Major archbishop">Major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primate_(bishop)" title="Primate (bishop)">Primate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_bishop" title="Metropolitan bishop">Metropolitan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archbishop" title="Archbishop">Archbishop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocesan_bishop" title="Diocesan bishop">Diocesan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coadjutor_bishop" title="Coadjutor bishop">Coadjutor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_bishop" title="Auxiliary bishop">Auxiliary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titular_bishop" title="Titular bishop">Titular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_emeritus" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope emeritus">Emeritus</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parish_(Catholic_Church)" title="Parish (Catholic Church)">Parish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priesthood_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Priesthood in the Catholic Church">Priest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deacon" title="Deacon">Deacon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Consecrated_life" title="Consecrated life">Consecrated life</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Religious_(Western_Christianity)" title="Religious (Western Christianity)">Religious</a>:</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior_(hierarchy)" title="Superior (hierarchy)">Superior</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abbot" title="Abbot">Abbot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abbess" title="Abbess">Abbess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior_general_(Christianity)" title="Superior general (Christianity)">General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provincial_superior" title="Provincial superior">Provincial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prior_(ecclesiastical)" title="Prior (ecclesiastical)">Prior, Prioress</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_master_(order)" title="Grand master (order)">Grand master</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_brother" title="Religious brother">Brother</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Friar" title="Friar">Friar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monk" title="Monk">Monk</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_sister" title="Religious sister">Sister</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_nun" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic nun">Nun</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermit" title="Hermit">Hermit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novitiate" title="Novitiate">Novice</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Novice_master" title="Novice master">Master</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oblate" title="Oblate">Oblate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postulant" title="Postulant">Postulant</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:12em"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_particular_churches_and_liturgical_rites" title="Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites">Particular churches</a><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Sui_iuris" title="Sui iuris">sui iuris</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches" title="Eastern Catholic Churches">Eastern Catholic Churches</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Albanian Greek Catholic Church">Albanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Church" title="Armenian Catholic Church">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Belarusian Greek Catholic Church">Belarusian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church">Bulgarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaldean_Catholic_Church" title="Chaldean Catholic Church">Chaldean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_Catholic_Church" title="Coptic Catholic Church">Coptic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Catholic_Church_of_Croatia_and_Serbia" title="Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia">Croatian and Serbian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eritrean_Catholic_Church" title="Eritrean Catholic Church">Eritrean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Catholic_Church" title="Ethiopian Catholic Church">Ethiopian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Georgia" title="Catholic Church in Georgia">Georgian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Byzantine_Catholic_Church" title="Greek Byzantine Catholic Church">Greek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Hungarian Greek Catholic Church">Hungarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italo-Albanian_Catholic_Church" title="Italo-Albanian Catholic Church">Italo-Albanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Macedonian Greek Catholic Church">Macedonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maronite_Church" title="Maronite Church">Maronite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melkite_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Melkite Greek Catholic Church">Melkite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Romanian Greek Catholic Church">Romanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Russian Greek Catholic Church">Russian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruthenian_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church">Ruthenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_Greek_Catholic_Church" title="Slovak Greek Catholic Church">Slovak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syriac_Catholic_Church" title="Syriac Catholic Church">Syriac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syro-Malabar_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Syro-Malabar Catholic Church">Syro-Malabar</a></li> <li><a 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