Associations to the word «Eschatology»

Wiktionary

ESCHATOLOGY, noun. (countable) System of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death.
ESCHATOLOGY, noun. (uncountable) The study of the end times — the end of the world, notably in Christian and Islamic theology, the second coming of Christ, the Apocalypse or the Last Judgment.

Dictionary definition

ESCHATOLOGY, noun. The branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and Last Judgment; Heaven and Hell; the ultimate destiny of humankind.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.