eschaton
Collocations
3ESCHATON + NOUN
god, s
PREP.
in
ADV.
only
Definitions
noun
The apocalypse; the approach of Christ’s reign immediately preceding the end of the world; a conception of or circumstance pertaining to this era.
Near-synonyms: Revelation, Armageddon
Only in the eschaton will God’s purpose gain its final fulfilment, a fulfilment, be it noted, which may still include some form of movement within a time-series.
An end or fulfilment of history in general.
immanentize the eschaton
He, too, constructs a philosophical history towards an eschaton. In a peculiarly inverted manner he is among the believers in progress—the goal being the undoing of the things done.
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Synonyms
noun — (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon
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3Near-synonyms: Revelation, Armageddon
WiktionaryOnly in the eschaton will God’s purpose gain its final fulfilment, a fulfilment, be it noted, which may still include some form of movement within a time-series.
WiktionaryAnd this is also true of the revelation of the eschata: they do not reach us in a discourse about the future still to come, but in an action, in which God has already really begun them in us.
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