| eschaton | The climax of history. Implies divince ordinance. A prophet eagerly awaits the eschaton. What a toothsome word! This is what the OED (2nd ED. has to say) [alien headword - whatever that means!] eschaton eschaton e.skato(hook)n. Theol. [a. Gr. esxaton, neut. of esxatoj last. ] (See quots.) 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 Scottish Jrnl. Theol. III. 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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