“Some give the definition that a city is an established community, administered according to law. And the definition that has been handed down of the city is in harmony with the celestial city, Jerusalem above. For there it is a community of the first-born who have been enrolled in heaven, and this is established becau…”
Basil of Caesarea, 4th c. — HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 18:4 (PS 46)
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4There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
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2Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
— Psalms 46:4 —
5God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
6The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.