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es·cha·tol·o·gy

(ĕs′kə-tŏl′ə-jē)

1. The branch of theology that is concerned with the end of the world or of humankind.

2. A belief or a doctrine concerning the ultimate or final things, such as death, the destiny of humanity, the Second Coming, or the Last Judgment.

[Greek eskhatos, last; see eghs in Indo-European roots + -logy.]

es·chat′o·log′i·cal (ĭ-skăt′l-ŏj′ĭ-kəl, ĕs′kə-tə-lŏj′-) adj.

es·chat′o·log′i·cal·ly adv.

es′cha·tol′o·gist n.

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eschatology

(ˌɛskəˈtɒlədʒɪ)

(Theology) the branch of theology or biblical exegesis concerned with the end of the world

[C19: from Greek eskhatos last]

eschatological, ˌeschatoˈlogic adj

ˌeschatoˈlogically adv

ˌeschaˈtologist n

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es•cha•tol•o•gy

(ˌɛs kəˈtɒl ə dʒi)

n.

1. any system of religious doctrines concerning last or final matters, as death, judgment, or an afterlife.

2. the branch of theology dealing with such matters.

[1835–45; < Greek éschato(s) last + -logy]

es•cha•to•log•i•cal (ˌɛs kə tlˈɒdʒ ɪ kəl, ɛˌskæt l-) adj.

es`cha•to•log′i•cal•ly, adv.

es`cha•tol′o•gist, n.

eschatology

Theology. any set of doctrines concerning flnal matters, as death, the judgment, afterlife, etc. — eschatological, adj. — eschatologist, n.

eschatology

The branch of theology that deals with the end of the world.

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eschatology - the branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and Last Judgment; Heaven and Hell; the ultimate destiny of humankind

theology, divinity - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth

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eschatologie

eskatologia

eschatologie

eschatology

[ˌeskəˈtɒlədʒɪ] N (Rel) → escatología f

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eschatology

n → Eschatologie f

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The word eschatology arises from the Greek eschatos meaning "last" and -logy meaning "the study of", first used in English around 1550 and is generally defined as the department of theological science concerned with 'the four last things: death, judgment, heaven and hell'.

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Lance Gelfand's essay on Bosch's painting "The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things" is highly effective, especially for its presentation of the ways in which the painting seems designed to provoke contrition in the viewer.