"The Nine Billion Names of God" is a 1953 science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. The story was among the stories selected in 1970 by the Science Fiction Writers of America as
1974 collection of short stories
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There are various names of God and many titles that refer to God, many of which enumerate the various qualities of a Supreme Being. The English word god is used by multiple religions as a noun to refe
The Nine Billion Names of God
…Nebula Awards. It was reprinted in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929–1964. In a Tibetan lamasery, the monks seek to list all of the names of God. They believe the Universe was created for this purpose, and that once this naming is completed, God will bring the Universe to an end. Three centuries…
A diagram of the names of God in Athanasius Kircher's Oedipus Aegyptiacus (1652–1654). The style and form are typical of the mystical tradition, as early theologians began to fuse emerging pre-Enlightenment concepts of classification and organization with religion and alchemy, to shape an artful and perhaps more conceptual view of God.
The Divine Name YHWH on a Lutheran Christian altar at Fiskebäckskil Church in Sweden
Jehovah, a vocalization of the Divine Name YHWH, on a stained glass window in of Saint-Fiacre de Dison Catholic Church in Belgium
99 names of Allah, in Chinese Sini (script).