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a world come of age
0 I would like to ask the meaning of the above phrase. Is it only used in a religious context? 02 br
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02 br 00 No, I don't even associate it with religion. 0-
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00 No, I don't even associate it with religion. 01 i 00 A world come of age 02 i 00 means 'a mature world', and I presume it refers to the people in it, not the world itself-- a world of people who have renounced war, contained their greed and optimized their population. 0-
00 No, I don't even associate it with religion. 01 i 00 A world come of age 02 i 00 means 'a mature world', and I presume it refers to the people in it, not the world itself-- a world of people who have renounced war, contained their greed and optimized their population. 0-
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0 Thanks Mister Micawber. I learnt about this phrase the first time from a commentary on Bonhoeffer's book "Letters and Papers from Prison". Bonhoeffer was a German theologian and he was involved in an assassination attempt to kill Adolf Hilter. I couldn't really understand what the phrase mean but your explanation certainly make sense to me. This makes me think that Bonhoeffer might have use
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