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[[Image:Ptolemaicsystem-small.png|right|thumb|220px|A Medieval diagram of the Earth and space - the text around the outside reads 'Empyrean Heaven, Home to God and All Chosen People.]]
In [[medieval]] [[Christian]] [[cosmology]], the '''Empyrean''' was the name given to the outermost part of [[Heaven]], beyond the [[star]]s and even beyond the 'first mover' or ''primum mobile''. Since [[time]] was thought to be created by the motion of the ''primum mobile'', the Empyrean was conjectured to be outside time - an eternal place where [[God]] and other [[divine]] beings dwelt.
In [[medieval]] [[Christian]] [[cosmology]], the '''Empyrean''' was the name given to the outermost part of [[Heaven]], beyond the [[star]]s and even beyond the 'first mover' or ''primum mobile''. Since [[time]] was thought to be created by the motion of the ''primum mobile'', the Empyrean was conjectured to be outside time - an eternal place where [[God]] and other [[divine]] beings dwelt.
The Empyrean has its equivalent in secular cosmology in speculation about what might lie beyond the boundaries of the [[universe]], if such a place could ever be reached.
The Empyrean has its equivalent in secular cosmology in speculation about what might lie beyond the boundaries of the [[universe]], if such a place could ever be reached.
== See also ==
* [[Dante's Paradiso]]
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