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eschatology Definition

es·cha·tol·ogy (es′kə tälə jē)

noun

  1. the branch of theology dealing with last things, such as death, immortality, resurrection, judgment, and the end of the world
  2. the doctrines concerning these

Etymology: < Gr eschatos, furthest (< ex-, out < IE base *eĝhs > L ex) + -logy

eschatology Related Forms

es′·cha·to·logi·cal (es′kə tə läji kəl, -kat′ə-) adjective

eschatology Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • realize: John's ' realized eschatology ' may also make sense in this context.
  • inaugurate: But understanding the Spirit's work within the context of inaugurated eschatology opens up a different way forward.
  • realize: About as far from the ecstatic immanence of realized eschatology as it's possible to get.
  • secularize: But Donald MacKinnon's on secularized eschatology was not.
  • develop: So you develop an eschatology that fits your immorality.

Adjective modifier

  • apocalyptic: Everything in the gospels that smacks of Jewish apocalyptic eschatology is firmly consigned to black type.
  • secular: Has any aspect of secular eschatology impacted on these agencies?
  • Jewish: Everything in the gospels that smacks of Jewish apocalyptic eschatology is firmly consigned to black type.
  • Christian: Yet is this not also the promise of Christian eschatology?
  • biblical: It would be arrogant to think our application of biblical eschatology to current events is infallible.
  • future: The same sort of circular reasoning is applied to pericope after pericope in the gospels to exclude future eschatology from Jesus ' teaching.

Preposition: in

development: The Everlasting Gospel: the significance of eschatology in the development of Pentecostal thought.

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