Английская Википедия:Aeon
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:About Шаблон:Use Oxford spelling Шаблон:More citations needed The word aeon Шаблон:IPAc-en, also spelled eon (in American and Australian English[1][2]), originally meant "life", "vital force" or "being", "generation" or "a period of time", though it tended to be translated as "age" in the sense of "ages", "forever", "timeless" or "for eternity". It is a Latin transliteration from the ancient Greek word Шаблон:Lang (Шаблон:Lang), from the archaic Шаблон:Lang (Шаблон:Lang) meaning "century". In Greek, it literally refers to the timespan of one hundred years. A cognate Latin word Шаблон:Lang or Шаблон:Lang (cf. Шаблон:Lang) for "age" is present in words such as longevity and mediaeval.[3]
Although the term aeon may be used in reference to a period of a billion years (especially in geology, cosmology and astronomy), its more common usage is for any long, indefinite period. Aeon can also refer to the four aeons on the geologic time scale that make up the Earth's history, the Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic, and the current aeon, Phanerozoic.
Astronomy and cosmology
In astronomy, an aeon is defined as a billion years (109 years, abbreviated AE).[4]
Roger Penrose uses the word aeon to describe the period between successive and cyclic Big Bangs within the context of conformal cyclic cosmology.[5]
Philosophy and mysticism
Шаблон:More citations needed section In Buddhism, an "aeon" or Шаблон:Lang (Sanskrit: Шаблон:Lang) is often said to be 1,334,240,000 years, the life cycle of the world.[6]
Christianity's idea of "eternal life" comes from the word for life, Шаблон:Lang (Шаблон:Lang), and a form of Шаблон:Lang (Шаблон:Lang)Шаблон:Cn, which could mean life in the next aeon, the Kingdom of God, or Heaven, just as much as immortality, as in Шаблон:Bibleref2.Шаблон:Lopsided
According to Christian universalism, the Greek New Testament scriptures use the word Шаблон:Lang (Шаблон:Lang) to mean a long period and the word Шаблон:Lang (Шаблон:Lang) to mean "during a long period";[7] thus, there was a time before the aeons, and the aeonian period is finite. After each person's mortal life ends, they are judged worthy of aeonian life or aeonian punishment. That is, after the period of the aeons, all punishment will cease and death is overcome and then God becomes the all in each one (Шаблон:Bibleref2). This contrasts with the conventional Christian belief in eternal life and eternal punishment.
Occultists of the Thelema and Ordo Templi Orientis (English: "Order of the Temple of the East") traditions sometimes speak of a "magical Aeon" that may last for perhaps as little as 2,000 years.[8]
Gnosticism
In many Gnostic systems, the various emanations of God, who is also known by such names as the One, the Monad, Aion teleos ("The Broadest Aeon", Greek: Шаблон:Lang), Bythos ("depth or profundity", Greek: Шаблон:Lang), Proarkhe ("before the beginning", Greek: Шаблон:Lang), Шаблон:Lang ("the beginning", Greek: Шаблон:Lang), Шаблон:Lang ("wisdom"), and Шаблон:Lang ("the Anointed One"), are called Aeons. In the different systems these emanations are differently named, classified, and described, but the emanation theory itself is common to all forms of Gnosticism.
In the Basilidian Gnosis they are called sonships (Шаблон:Lang Шаблон:Lang; singular: Шаблон:Lang Шаблон:Lang); according to Marcus, they are numbers and sounds; in Valentinianism they form male/female pairs called "Шаблон:Lang" (Greek Шаблон:Lang, from Шаблон:Lang Шаблон:Lang).
See also
- Aion (deity)
- Шаблон:Anl
- Kalpa (aeon)
- Шаблон:Anl
- Saeculum – comparable Latin concept
- Шаблон:Slink
References
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