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Classes: Roman Catholic society stubs | Christian literatureFor the book of a similar name by St. Augustine of Hippo please see City of God.

The Mystical City of God is a book written in the 17th century by the Franciscan nun, Maria de Agreda.

According to Maria de Agreda, the book was dictated to her by the Blessed Virgin Mary herself. The book discusses revelations about the life of the Virgin Mary and the divine plan for creation and the salvation of souls.

Maria de Agreda was declared Venerable soon after her death, but the book (which makes a number of somewhat unusual claims) has remained controversial within the Roman Catholic church and her process of beatification (started in 1673) has not been completed.[1] The book has had an unusual history in the Catholic church, in that it has been banned and restored a number of times.[2]

[changer]Sources

Maria De Jesus De Agreda, Mystical City of God', Tan Books, 2006 ISBN 0895558254

1. ̂  The Cambridge history of Spanish literature By David Thatcher Gies, Cambridge University Press, 2004 ISBN 0521806186 page 157

2. ̂  Mary for Evangelicals By Tim S. Perry, InterVarsity Press, 2006 ISBN 083082569X page 228

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Revelation 21:2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.(NASB ©1995)

“. . . No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him.”  1 Cor. 2:9 (NIV)