In popular use apocalypse often means such a catastrophic end-times event, but in scholarly use the term is restricted to the visionary or revelatory event.

The meaning of APOCALYPSE is one of the Jewish and Christian writings of 200 b.c. to a.d. 150 marked by pseudonymity, symbolic imagery, and the expectation of an imminent cosmic cataclysm in …

The term “Apocalypse” often refers to the Book of Revelation (Greek: Ἀποκάλυψις, Apokalypsis), the final book of the New Testament. However, “Apocalypse” is also used more broadly to describe any …

3 days ago · Wars, climate change, disruptive technologies and the rise of autocracy over the past year prompted scientists to set the clock at 85 seconds to midnight.

The apocalypse is the total destruction and end of the world. Some people believe an apocalypse is going to happen today.

apocalypse (plural apocalypses) A revelation, especially of supernatural events. The early development of the Perl 6 programming language, currently known as Raku was punctuated by a series of …

Apocalyptic revelations are not exclusively concerned with the future. They may also be concerned with cosmology, including the geography of the heavens and nether regions, as well as history, primordial …

3 days ago · The sense evolution to "catastrophe, end of the world" stems from the depiction of such events in the biblical Book of Revelation, also called the Apocalypse of (i.e. Revelation to) John.

Biblical scholars generally describe an “apocalypse” as a type of ancient literature in which otherworldly beings reveal knowledge about the supernatural world to humans.

Apocalypse definition: A prophetic disclosure; a revelation.