All 14 Uses of
apocalypse
in
The Lost Symbol
- There was something apocalyptic about his tone, as if he were referring to the Seven Seals of Revelation or Pandora's box.†
Chpt 81-82 *apocalyptic = describing a terribly destructive event
- Adam and Eve Betrayal of Christ Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Great Passion Last Supper Seeing all the biblical titles, Katherine recalled that Dürer practiced something called Mystic Christianity—a fusion of early Christianity, alchemy, astrology, and science.†
Chpt 67-68
- "Father," Langdon said, his tone challenging, "we're all familiar with the Revelation of Saint John and the literal meaning of the Apocalypse, but biblical prophecy hardly seems—"†
Chpt 83-84
- "Beware!" the preacher shouted, warning of the coming Apocalypse.†
Chpt 95-96
- "The Apocalypse?" she said.†
Chpt 111-112
- Someone else said, "But isn't the Apocalypse about the end of the world?†
Chpt 111-112
- What does the word apocalypse literally mean?†
Chpt 111-112
- Apocalypse means 'to unveil' ....or 'to reveal.'†
Chpt 111-112
- The Apocalypse is literally a reveal-ation.†
Chpt 111-112
- The Apocalypse is not the end of the world, but rather it is the end of the world as we know it.†
Chpt 111-112
- The prophecy of the Apocalypse is just one of the Bible's beautiful messages that has been distorted.†
Chpt 111-112
- Believe me, the Apocalypse is coming ...and it will be nothing like what we were taught.†
Chpt 111-112
- Langdon flashed on Peter's lecture about the Apocalypse.†
Chpt 125-126
- Although many people erroneously interpreted apocalypse as a cataclysmic end of the world, the word literally signified an "unveiling," predicted by the ancients to be that of great wisdom.†
Chpt 125-126
Definitions:
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(1)
(apocalypse) an event involving terrible destruction that ends the world as we know it; or (especially when capitalized) the end of the world as prophesized in the Christian book of Revelation
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
At one time "apocalypse" referred to the unveiling of new ideas -- especially in early Jewish and Christian literature.