different between eschatology vs amillennialism

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (éskhaton) (neuter of ??????? (éskhatos, “last”)) +? -logy.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: es?cha?to?lo?gy
• IPA^(key): /?sk??t?l?d?i/

Noun

eschatology (countable and uncountable, plural eschatologies)

1. (countable) System of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death.
2. (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.

Derived terms

• eschatologic
• eschatological
• eschatologically
• eschatologism
• eschatologist

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See also

• Judgment Day
• Revelation
• Antichrist
• Ragnarok
• Apocalypse
• Armageddon

English

Etymology

a- +? millennial +? -ism

Noun

amillennialism (uncountable)

1. (Christianity) A view in Christian eschatology that rejects the claimed future thousand-year physical reign of Jesus Christ on the earth, in opposition to premillennial and some postmillennial views of the Book of Revelation, chapter 20, claiming instead that the number of years in Revelation 20 is a symbolic number and that Christ's eventual physical reign will be permanent.

Related terms

• amillennialist
• postmillennialism
• premillennialism

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