æviternity

See also: aeviternity

English

Noun

æviternity

1. Archaic form of aeviternity.
   • 1923, Thomas Aquinas, “Question X: The Eternity of God (in Six Articles)”, in fathers of the English Dominican Province [pseudonym; Laurence Shapcote], Daniel J. Sullivan, transl., The Summa Theologica of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Great Books of the Western World), volume I, Chicago, Ill., London: William Benton; Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., →OCLC, page 44, column 2:

     Further, if there is no before and after in æviternity, it follows that in æviternal things there is no difference between being, having been, or going to be. Since then it is impossible for æviternal things not to have been, it follows that it is impossible for them not to be in the future, which is false, since God can reduce them to nothing.