- eschatology
- (Gk., eschatos, the last) The formation of ideas about the end of life, or the end of the world, and in Christian theology, the last judgement and resurrection.
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Eschatology — • A survey of the subject in various pre Christian religions and cultures, an examination of the development of eschatology in the Old Testament, brief overview of Christian teaching Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Eschatology … Catholic encyclopedia
eschatology — Eschatology is the part of theology that deals with last things, including the future destiny of humankind both individually and collectively. On the individual level, it treats life after death, heaven and hell. On the collective level, it… … Encyclopedia of Protestantism
Eschatology — Es cha*tol o*gy, n. [Gr. ? the furthest, last + logy.] The doctrine of the last or final things, as death, judgment, and the events therewith connected. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
eschatology — 1844, from Gk. eskhatos last, furthest, uttermost, extreme, most remote (from ex out of, Boeotian es ; see EX (Cf. ex )) + OLOGY (Cf. ology). Originally in theology, the study of the four last things: death, judgment, heaven, hell. Related:… … Etymology dictionary
eschatology — ► NOUN ▪ the part of theology concerned with death, judgement, and destiny. DERIVATIVES eschatological adjective eschatologist noun. ORIGIN from Greek eskhatos last … English terms dictionary
eschatology — [es΄kə täl′ə jē] n. [< Gr eschatos, furthest (< ex , out < IE base * eĝhs > L ex) + LOGY] 1. the branch of theology dealing with last things, such as death, immortality, resurrection, judgment, and the end of the world 2. the… … English World dictionary
Eschatology — Last Things redirects here. For the C. P. Snow novel, see Strangers and Brothers. Part of a series on Eschatology … Wikipedia
eschatology — eschatological /es keuh tl oj i keuhl, e skat l /, adj. eschatologically, adv. eschatologist, n. /es keuh tol euh jee/, n. Theol. 1. any system of doctrines concerning last, or final, matters, as death, the Judgment, the future state, etc. 2. the … Universalium
ESCHATOLOGY — In general, the term eschatology designates the doctrine concerning the last things. The word last can be understood either absolutely as referring to the ultimate destiny of mankind in general or of each individual man, or relatively as… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
eschatology — ‘The doctrine of the last things’ (Greek: ta eschata) came in Christian discourse to mean: death, Judgement, heaven, and hell. But in biblical studies the word denotes the basket of ideas in both OT and NT and the inter testamental literature… … Dictionary of the Bible
Eschatology (religious movement) — Eschatology is a system of beliefs created by American writer and practitioner William W. Walter. After Walter left the Christian Science church in 1912 he named his organization The Walter Method of Christian Science . The term Eschatology as a… … Wikipedia
