Eschatology ( from the Greek, eschatos / eschatē / eschaton meaning " last " and-logy meaning " the study of ", first used in English around 1550 ) is a part of theology, philosophy, and futurology concerned with what are believed to be the final events of history, the ultimate destiny of humanity — commonly referred to as the " end of the world " or " end time ".

Eschatology, from two Greek words meaning last ( ἔσχατος, last ) and study ( λογία, lit.

* Eschatology – the study of the last things, or end times.

* Kelly, Brian E., Retribution and Eschatology in Chronicles.

A Few Last Words On Christian Eschatology With Reference to Dr. Pusey's, " What Is Of Faith ?".

Eschatology is an ancient branch of study in Christian theology, presumably starting with the Olivet discourse, The Sheep and the Goats, and other discourses of end times by Jesus, with the doctrine of the Second Coming of Christ first touched on by Paul of Tarsus and Ignatius of Antioch ( c. 35 – 107 AD ), then given more consideration by the Christian apologist, Justin Martyr ( c. 100 – 165 ).

Eschatology has also been a study shared and theorized on by philosophers.

Eschatology relates to one of the six ( seven according to Shī ‘ a traditions ) articles of faith ( aqīdah ) of Islam according to the Sunni traditions.

Eschatology, generally is the area of theology and philosophy concerned with the final events in the history of the world, the ultimate destiny of humanity, and related concepts.

# Second Coming or Eschatology: The Second Coming of Christ will occur in our age, an age much like that of the First Advent.

Christ Spirit: The Eschatology of Shaker Christianity.

Eschatology in the Indo-Iranian Traditions: The Genesis and Transformation of a Doctrine.

Eschatology is a part of theology and philosophy concerned with the final events in the history of the world, or the ultimate destiny of humanity, commonly referred to as the end of the world.

Eschatology relates to one of the six articles of faith ( aqidah ) of Islam.

Eschatology relates to one of the six articles of faith ( aqidah ) of Islam.

Second Coming or Eschatology.

One of the most famous repdigits is 666, referred to in Christian Eschatology as the number of the beast.

See Eschatology: Judaism.

An Eschatology of Hope.

He Shall Have Dominion: A Postmillennial Eschatology.

He Shall Have Dominion: A Postmillennial Eschatology.

An Eschatology of Hope.

* Daley, Brian E. The Hope of the Early Church: A Handbook of Patristic Eschatology, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.

* New Testament Eschatology in an African Background.

All of this is presented in the context of the supposedly imminent end of the world — even though this is not in fact mentioned – a conviction that sparked numerous collections of end-time prophecies at the time, not least an unpublished collection by Christopher Columbus.

The art film / avant-garde opera Koyannisqatsi references both the Hopi term Ko. yan. nis. qatsi (" life out of balance "), and three Hopi prophecies — i. e. warnings or eschatology.

She was originally of the Church of England, but about 1792, becoming persuaded that she possessed supernatural gifts, she wrote and dictated prophecies in rhyme, and then announced herself as the woman spoken of in Revelation — in the King James Version, Revelation 12: 1 – 6:

The entire first season is underscored with prophecies — a narrative device used less frequently in later seasons of the series — that Buffy neglects to fulfill in various ways.

By destroying the Heart of Lorkhan and killing Almalexia, the player continues fulfilling the Nerevarine prophecies, in particular — the death of the Almsivi Tribunal.

Whereas most haftarot of the yearly cycle are selections reflecting the theme of the day's Torah reading, these three — the " Three of Affliction " ( tlat de-pur ` anuta )— do not directly relate to the weekly Torah portions, but instead contain certain prophecies of Jeremiah and Isaiah foreshadowing the fall of Jerusalem.

While Cleon was content to use Seldon as a source of self-fulfilling prophecies — a tool to prevent unrest — Demerzel had come to believe that the Empire itself was dying, and that only an honest investigation could prevent its fall or at least minimize that fall's effects.

The first work about this legendary prophet in a language other than Welsh, it was widely read — and believed — much as the prophecies of Nostradamus were centuries later ; John Jay Parry and Robert Caldwell note that the Prophetiae Merlini " were taken most seriously, even by the learned and worldly wise, in many nations ", and list examples of this credulity as late as 1445.

Li Yuan also became fearful that there had been prophecies throughout the empire that the next emperor would be named Li — and that Emperor Yang had killed another official, Li Hun ( 李渾 ) and Li Hun's clan over his fears that Li Hun's nephew Li Min ( 李敏, the son-in-law of Emperor Yang's sister Yang Lihua the Princess Leping ) had imperial ambitions.

The Romanized Jewish historian Josephus, in The Jewish War ( 3. 399ff ) applied the prophecy — perhaps in retrospect, like most successful prophecies — to Vespasian, who was campaigning against the Jewish Zealots in Palestine, and who was to come out of Palestine and rule the world, his flatterer asserted.

* General — Bible prophecies that deal with various places and people.

* Messianic — The prophecies concerning the Messiah.

: affirmed the prophecies of salvation with their end-time imagery Zion and the temple — belonging to the eschatological themes that the " pilgrimage of the peoples " evoked.

The practice of the Australian states — for example, New South Wales and Victoria — has been, when legislating to repeal some imperial statutes so far as they still applied in Australia, to provide that imperial statutes concerning the royal succession remain in force.

For example, a payroll file might contain information concerning all the employees in a company and their payroll details ; each record in the payroll file concerns just one employee, and all the records have the common trait of being related to payroll — this is very similar to placing all payroll information into a specific filing cabinet in an office that does not have a computer.

He is especially noted for his contributions to the field of pneumatology — that is, theology concerning the nature of the Holy Spirit.

As these epithets imply, there has long been a debate — at least from the time of Cicero's On the Laws ( Book 1, paragraph 5 )— concerning the veracity of his tales and, more importantly, the extent to which he knew himself to be creating fabrications.

* Wedding of Ceyx, a poem concerning Heracles ' attendance at the wedding of a certain Ceyx — noted for its riddles.

Galileo, however, felt that the descriptive content of the technical disciplines warranted philosophical interest, particularly because mathematical analysis of astronomical observations — notably the radical analysis offered by astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus concerning the relative motions of the Sun, Earth, Moon, and planets — indicated that philosophers ' statements about the nature of the universe could be shown to be in error.

By the time of Cicero he had become " the dark " ( Ancient Greek — ) because he had spoken nimis obscurē, " too obscurely ", concerning nature and had done so deliberately in order to be misunderstood.

He was captured by German troops in 1940 in Padoux, and he spent nine months as a prisoner of war — in Nancy and finally in Stalag 12D, Trier, where he wrote his first theatrical piece, Barionà, fils du tonnerre, a drama concerning Christmas.

Furthermore, a mathematician is not someone who merely manipulates formulas, numbers or equations — the diversity of mathematics allows for research concerning how concepts in one area of mathematics can be used in other areas too.

The early part of Coughlin's tenure produced inconsistent results ( a 25 – 23 record and two playoff appearances — both losses, before the 2007 season ) and spawned intense media scrutiny concerning the direction of the team.

" They now inform him that " at a certain stage of intoxication, no human power could keep from setting out, with impressive unction, to tell about a wonderful adventure which he had once had with his grandfather's old ram — and the mention of the ram in the first sentence was as far as any man had heard him get, concerning it.

According to Shane MacGowan, amongst the reasons of the breakup was disagreement concerning the political orientation of his songs, the band not wanting to sing too obvious pro-republican songs — though some of their previous songs were already politically engaged: for instance, Streams of Whiskey is about the poet and IRA member Brendan Behan.

The strip — which varied between five and eight miles ( 13 km ) in width — was claimed by the state of Ohio and the Michigan Territory due to conflicting legislation concerning the location of the Ohio-Michigan state line.

She draws comparisons with Thetis ' role in another work of the epic Cycle concerning Troy, the lost Aethiopis, which presents a strikingly similar relationship — that of the divine Dawn, Eos, with her slain son Memnon ; she supplements the parallels with images from the repertory of archaic vase-painters, where Eros and Thetis flank the symmetrically opposed heroes with a theme that may have been derived from traditional epic songs.

Rasta doctrines concerning the Trinity include stressing the significance of the name " Haile Selassie ", meaning " Power of the Trinity " or " Might of the Trinity " or powerful trinity in Ge ' ez — the name given to Ras Tafari upon his baptism, and later assumed as part of his regal name at his November 2, 1930, coronation by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.

Unresolved issues concerning the 1995 withdrawal of US forces — primarily related to environmental factors — delayed the formal return of the base lands to the Government of Bermuda.

During the crisis concerning the Exclusion Bill in 1680, Charles at first invited William to come to England to bolster the king's position against the exclusionists, then withdrew his invitation — after which Lord Sunderland also tried unsuccessfully to bring William over but now to put pressure on Charles.

The Bayeux Tapestry (,, Norman: La telle du conquest ) is an embroidered cloth — not an actual tapestry — nearly long, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England concerning William, Duke of Normandy and Harold, Earl of Wessex, later King of England, and culminating in the Battle of Hastings.

It could approve budgets, fix the amount of taxes, request the intervention of the Accounts Tribunal for advice concerning departmental finances or administration, and remove from office — at the request of the governor — members of nonelective local departmental boards.