eschatonn.
/ˈɛskətən/ Theology.
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1935 C. H. Dodd Parables of Kingdom vi. 193 The eschaton, the divinely ordained climax of history, is here.
1936 C. H. Dodd Apostolic Preaching 199 In prophecy and apocalypse alike, the divine event, the eschaton, is always ‘round the corner’. The prophet never conceives himself as standing midway in the course of history.
1936 C. H. Dodd Apostolic Preaching 210 For the New Testament writers in general, the eschaton has entered history.
1950 Sc. Jrnl. Theol. 3 301 Behind the parable, or rather beside it, there is the kingdom which has broken into the midst, the eschaton which is here and now.
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