eschatology

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Whether it's Eusebius, Wright, King, McLaren, DeMar … even you … you guys all contributed to the shaping of an eschatology which is fundamentally preterist in nature.

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

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  • This bizarre notion shows how cosmology blends into eschatology, the study of the ultimate fate of things, particularly of souls. —  F ;SF; - vol 089 issue 01 - July 1995
  • I ask if Carey's fascination with eschatology is a symbolic reflection of the way he feels about the world and recent historical developments. —  InterzoneScienceFictionandFantasyMagazine#215
  • Interpreting the chaos of the twenty-first century in terms of eschatology was a winning business. —  Asimov'sSF,February2008
  • He is Sufficient insightful comment on Bible translations, eschatology, and more, by Elshaddai Edwards Imaginary Grace —  Ancient Hebrew Poetry
  • I've always been fascinated with conspiracy theories and eschatology, and this brings both together. —  The Jawa Report
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  1. Greek eskhatos, last; see eghs in Indo-European roots + -logy.

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  1. from Greek ἒσχατος, furthest, uttermost, extreme, last (το\ ἒσχατον, the end), prob. transposed from *ἒξατος, superlative of ἒξ, out (cf. utmost, uttermost, superlative of out), + -λογία, from λέγειν, speak: see-ology.
 

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/ɛskəˈtɑlədʒi/
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