| | '''Age'''; a very large division of geologic time usually longer than an era; a major division of geological time, subdivided into eras, comprising two or more eras; a geological era, such as "the Precambrian eon", "the Cenozoic era"; an era is usually divided into two or more periods, "the Triassic, the Jurassic, the Tertiary (relating to or denoting the first period of the Cenozoic era, between the Cretaceous and Quaternary periods, and comprising the Paleogene and Neogene subperiods)". | | '''Age'''; a very large division of geologic time usually longer than an era; a major division of geological time, subdivided into eras, comprising two or more eras; a geological era, such as "the Precambrian eon", "the Cenozoic era"; an era is usually divided into two or more periods, "the Triassic, the Jurassic, the Tertiary (relating to or denoting the first period of the Cenozoic era, between the Cretaceous and Quaternary periods, and comprising the Paleogene and Neogene subperiods)". |
| | '''Aeon''' (often capitalized); in [[Neoplatonism]], [[Platonism]], and [[Gnosticism]] a power existing from [[Eternal|eternity]]; an emanation or phase, one of the emanating powers of the supreme [[God|deity]] emanating from the supreme being and culminating in the [[demiurge]]. | | '''Aeon''' (often capitalized); in [[Neoplatonism]], [[Platonism]], and [[Gnosticism]] a power existing from [[Eternal|eternity]]; an emanation or phase, one of the emanating powers of the supreme [[God|deity]] emanating from the supreme being and culminating in the [[demiurge]]. |
| | + | Liberal interpretations of the original texts of the Bible, especially the New International Version, have attempted to give credence to the [[theory of evolution]] by stating that the word for "day" in the book of Genesis is more correctly translated as "eon". This is of course erroneous.<ref>https://creation.com/yom-not-an-eon</ref> |