eschaton

I find it interesting, if you don't mind a brief excursus, that the Greek word "eschaton" which means the end of the world, that is to say, the end of time also means the ends of the earth, which is to say the limits of space.

The Annotated Unbroken Chain Robert M. Petersen 2005

Wow, this will never happen again — indeed, I sense the eschaton is imminent from the fact that it’s happening now — so duty impels me to sayit:

The Volokh Conspiracy » Charles Murray on Ayn Rand: 2010

In Niebuhr’s version of politics, the central fact of human nature this side of the eschaton is sin, and it is the purpose of government not to eliminate sin, but to constrain or ameliorate its bad effects by passing laws and using armed force prudently.

Matthew Yglesias » Before There Was Early Rawls… 2007

The eschaton is the end of the world, when we will finally know the truth for what it is.

Nathan Schneider: The Pennsylvania Avenue Circus 2009

“The source of immanentize the eschaton is the 1952 New Science of Politics, by Eric Voegelin,” he explained.

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

“The source of immanentize the eschaton is the 1952 New Science of Politics, by Eric Voegelin,” he explained.

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

More and more regularly, defenses of continuationism appeal not backward to the apostolic period, but forward to the eschaton, which is making rearward inroads into the present.

SharperIron Mark Snoeberger 2010

Harper's point man in PEI crashes through the underbrush, announcing Harper's moves to immanentize the eschaton, something that conservatives apparently once frowned upon.

Archive 2009-08-01 2009

I think another way of putting it is, "The priest is the man of the eschaton."

Sacraments 2009

I think another way of putting it is, "The priest is the man of the eschaton."

Liturgy 2009