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Catholic Word of the Day: OMEGA, 06-28-14
CCDictionary ^ | 06-28-14 | Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary

Posted on 06/28/2014 7:11:03 AM PDT by Salvation

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OMEGA

 

The twenty-fourth and last letter of the Greek alphabet. Occurs in the Bible as Alpha and Omega (Revelation 21:6), where Christ refers to himself as the Beginning and the End. He is the Omega of the universe as the destiny of the human race and the final fulfillment of all creation. (Etym. Greek omega, the great [i.e., long] o., last letter of the alphabet.)

All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.



TOPICS: Apologetics; Catholic; History; Theology
KEYWORDS: catholic; greek
Alpha and Omega

Beginning and the End

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