The Catholic Encyclopedia

Ancient of Days

2 sections

Charles G. Herbermann and others (editors)

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Ancient of Days, a name given to God by the Prophet Daniel, vii, 9, 13, 22, in which he contrasts His eternal powers with the frail existence of the empires of the world. It is from these descriptions of the Almighty that Christian art derived its general manner of representing the first person of the Holy Trinity. Ancient of Days is expressed in Aramaic by ‘Atiqg yémin; in the Greek Septuagint by mahaios qyepOv; and in the Vulgate by Antiquus dierum, J.

A. J. Maas.

Trans. None. Written in English by the contributors whose signatures close each article., The Catholic Encyclopedia, An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church, in fifteen volumes, 1907. Public domain.