1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ESCHATOLOGY (Gr. SO-XCITOS, last, and Xcryos, science; the " doctrine of last things "), a theological term derived from the New Testament phrases " the last day " (tt> TJ ecrxarj) rintpq., John vi. 39), " the last times " (eir' to~x.6.TUv T&V \povuv, i Peter i. 20), " the last state " (TO. e<rx.a.Ta, Matt. xii. 45), a conception taken over from ancient prophecy (Is. ii. 2; Mai. iv. i). It was the common belief in the apostolic age that the second advent of Christ was near, and would give the divine completion to t…
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