Eternal
3 connections across theological concepts
Connections
Eternal life (zoe aionios) is the life of the age to come, centered on the heavenly realm. Heaven is where eternal life dwells — the two are theologically conjoined across traditions.
Jannah is abadi (eternal), svarga endures for an age, and the Kingdom of Heaven is aiōnios — eternity and the celestial realm intertwine
Divine judgment in Abrahamic traditions establishes the moral foundation of the eternal order. All traditions assert that temporal actions have eternal consequences — judgment is the cosmic accounting that makes eternity meaningful.
Etymology
An age, a vital force, lifetime
Root of Latin 'aevum' (age), Greek 'aiōn' (age/eon), English 'ever.' Eternity as unending vital force
Perpetuity, forever, hidden time
Can mean both 'forever' and 'the world/age.' 'The eternal God is your refuge' (Deuteronomy 33:27)
Of the age, pertaining to an age, eternal
From aiōn (age/eon). 'This is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God' (John 17:3)
The Everlasting, the Eternal
As-Samad (The Eternal, Self-Sufficient) is in Quran 112:2. Jannah is described as eternal — 'khalidina fiha abada'
Eternal, without beginning or end
Sanatana Dharma — the 'eternal way.' Krishna: 'The soul is never born and never dies; it is eternal' (Bhagavad Gita 2:20)
Greek Roots
eternal, everlasting, age-long
age-lasting, eternal, perpetual