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They also represented two principles at war with one another, inside each individual person, even inside seemingly worldly Christian monarchs; thus Augustine could boast approvingly, "...believing [Christian] monarchs of this world came to the city of Rome, as to the head of Babylon: they went not to the temple of the Emperor, but to the [[wikipedia:Saint Peter's tomb|tomb of the Fisherman]]."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1801087.htm#springfield2|title=CHURCH FATHERS: Exposition on Psalm 87 (Augustine), 7.|website=www.newadvent.org|access-date=2017-08-11}}</ref> | They also represented two principles at war with one another, inside each individual person, even inside seemingly worldly Christian monarchs; thus Augustine could boast approvingly, "...believing [Christian] monarchs of this world came to the city of Rome, as to the head of Babylon: they went not to the temple of the Emperor, but to the [[wikipedia:Saint Peter's tomb|tomb of the Fisherman]]."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1801087.htm#springfield2|title=CHURCH FATHERS: Exposition on Psalm 87 (Augustine), 7.|website=www.newadvent.org|access-date=2017-08-11}}</ref> | ||
A prophecy foretold that '''Darkseid''' would meet his final defeat at the hands of '''Orion''' in a cataclysmic battle in the fiery '''Armaghetto''' slum of the planet '''Apokolips'''. | |||
In the biblical Book of the Apocalypse, [[wikipedia:Armaggedon|Armaggedon]] (from the [[wikipedia:Hebrew|Hebrew]]: {{Script/Hebrew|הַר מְגִדּוֹ}} ''Har Məgīddō'') is the prophesied location of a gathering of armies for a battle during the [[wikipedia:end time|end time]]s, which is variously interpreted as either a literal or a symbolic location. The term thus has come to be used in a generic sense to refer to any [[wikipedia:eschatology|end of the world]] scenario. The "mount" of [[wikipedia:Tel Megiddo|Megiddo]] in northern Israel was the location of various ancient battles, including [[wikipedia:Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC)|one in the 15th century BC]] and [[wikipedia:Battle of Megiddo (609 BC)|one in 609 BC]]. | In the biblical Book of the Apocalypse, [[wikipedia:Armaggedon|Armaggedon]] (from the [[wikipedia:Hebrew|Hebrew]]: {{Script/Hebrew|הַר מְגִדּוֹ}} ''Har Məgīddō'') is the prophesied location of a gathering of armies for a battle during the [[wikipedia:end time|end time]]s, which is variously interpreted as either a literal or a symbolic location. The term thus has come to be used in a generic sense to refer to any [[wikipedia:eschatology|end of the world]] scenario. The "mount" of [[wikipedia:Tel Megiddo|Megiddo]] in northern Israel was the location of various ancient battles, including [[wikipedia:Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC)|one in the 15th century BC]] and [[wikipedia:Battle of Megiddo (609 BC)|one in 609 BC]]. | ||