Definition of eschatology Eschatology

es•cha•tol•o•gy

We found 7 definitions of eschatology from 6 different sources.

What does eschatology mean?

WordNet

Noun

Plural: eschatologies

eschatology - the branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and Last Judgment; Heaven and Hell; the ultimate destiny of humankind

theology, divinity the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary); "he studied theology at Oxford"

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Wiktionary

eschatology (Noun)
System of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death.
eschatology (Noun)
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 .

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

eschatology (n.)
The doctrine of the last or final things, as death, judgment, and the events therewith connected.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

eschatology
The branch of theology concerned with the end of the world.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

eschatology
es-ka-tol′o-ji, n. (theol.) the doctrine of the last or final things, as death, judgment, the state after death.—adjs. Eschatolog′ic, -al.—n. Eschatol′ogist. [Gr. eschatos, last, logia, a discourse.]