Ancient of Days
A name given to God by the Prophet Daniel (7:9, 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 Atiq yomin; in the Greek Septuagint by
palaios hemeron; and in the Vulgate by Antiquus dierum.
A.J. MAAS
Transcribed by Michael C. Tinkler
From the Catholic Encyclopedia, copyright (c) 1913 by the
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