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- noun philosophy The midpoint between
time andeternity ; the mode of being of the angels, saints, and celestial bodies (which mediaeval astronomy believed to be unchanging)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Therefore, these are measured by aeviternity, which is a mean between eternity and time.
The Angels and Us Mortimer J. Adler 1982
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Since Sacred Scripture reveals that both heaven and earth did have a beginning, neither corporeal nor spiritual creatures are eternal; but the different ways in which they are subject to change differentiates the time in which corporeal things exist from the aeviternity of the angels.
The Angels and Us Mortimer J. Adler 1982
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A moment later, if one can speak of anything like temporal succession in aeviternity, some are no longer there.
The Angels and Us Mortimer J. Adler 1982
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To name the middle ground between (a) time, in which all corporeal creatures have their mutable existence, and (b) eternity, in which God exists immutably without beginning or end, the theologian calls it (c) aeviternity.
The Angels and Us Mortimer J. Adler 1982
whichbe commented on the word aeviternity
Eternal existence. (from Phrontistery)
May 22, 2008