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Parousia

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Par·ou·si·a  (pär-s, p-rz-)
n.
The Second Coming.
[Greek parousi, presence, Parousia, from parousa, feminine present participle of pareinai, to be present : para-, beside; see para-1 + einai, to be; see es- in Indo-European roots.]
parousia [pəˈruːsɪə]
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Theology) Christianity another term for the Second Coming
[from Greek: presence]
Parousia
the coming of Christ on Judgement Day. Also called Second Advent, Second Coming.
See also: Christianity
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Noun1.Parousia - (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last JudgmentParousia - (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment
Second Advent, Second Coming, Second Coming of Christ, Advent
Christian theology - the teachings of Christian churches
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1 Thessalonians stresses Jesus' resurrection as the assurance that his parousia will gather the faithful.
1 and 2 Thessalonians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary by Krentz, Edgar / Currents in Theology and Mission
Tolkien seems to have often thought about the end times, (18) and he would have had access to the Enoch and Elijah legends about the Parousia in many forms, from the Latin of the Glossa and of Adso's Libellus de Antichristo, to the Old English of a translation of Adso and several of Aelfric's sermons, to Cornish in the magnum opus of Cornwall, the Ordinalia, where it appears in the Resurrection Play.
"A far green country": Tolkien, paradise, and the end of all things ... by Kelly, A. Keith; Livingston, Michael / Mythlore
This is what we refer to as his second coming or Parousia (presence).
The Coming of the Son of Man by William Bell / Philosophy and religion community
 
 
 
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