eschaton
[ es-kuh-ton ]
noun
Theology. the final age and the consummation of history, including the Last Judgment and the defeat of evil, the eternal blessedness of the righteous, and, in some traditions, the creation of a new heaven and earth: True peace and justice will be fully realized only at the eschaton.
Origin of eschaton
1Coined in 1935 by theologian C. Dodd (1884–1973); from Greek éschaton, neuter of éschatos “last” (see eschatology)
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