different between eschatology vs cosmogony

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

Translations

See also

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

English

Wikiversity

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (kosmogonía), from ?????? (kósmos, “world”) + ????? (gónos, “creation”). Surface analysis, cosmo- +? -gony.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?z?m???ni/

Noun

cosmogony (countable and uncountable, plural cosmogonies)

1. The study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe or the solar system, in astrophysics, religion, and other fields.
2. Any specific theory, model, myth, or other account of the origin of the universe.
3. The creation of the universe.

Synonyms

• cosmogenesis, cosmogeny, cosmology; hexameron (biblical)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• anthropogeny
• cosmography
• eschatology
• theogony

References

• cosmogony at OneLook Dictionary Search
• cosmogony in Encyclopedia Britannica, 1911 ed.
• cosmogony in Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., at Bartleby.com.
• cosmogony by John Peter Arendzen, in The Catholic Encyclopedia, Robert Appleton Company, New York, 1913.