| 单词 | eschatology |
| 释义 | eschatology (once / 21374 pages) n What happens after death? We won't try to give an answer (even if we had one) here. But if you're interested in exploring this question, you're interested in eschatology — the part of theology that has to do with death or the end of the world. Eschatology comes from the Greek eskhatos, meaning "last," which makes sense given that this branch of theology is preoccupied with the study of the last part of life or death. More specifically, eschatology involves four elements or "last" things: death, judgment, heaven and hell. It's an examination of the ultimate destiny of mankind. WORD FAMILYeschatology: eschatological, eschatologies, eschatologist+/eschatological: eschatologically/eschatologist: eschatologists USAGE EXAMPLES“But I really should have saved the eschatology class for this semester. Studying the end times would be richly rewarding this year!” The New Yorker(Oct 29, 2016) IS’s eschatology—the theology of death, judgment and the end of the world—has always been flexible. Economist(Oct 24, 2016) He wished to learn the eschatology of the world; he dared to contemplate the Mind of God. Carl Sagan, Cosmos(1980) n the branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and Last Judgment; Heaven and Hell; the ultimate destiny of humankind Hyper divinity, theology the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth |
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