The Lemniscate of Time: A Geometric Meditation on Eternity and Temporal Succession

This monograph proposes the lemniscate (∞) as a contemplative framework for understanding the relationship between time and eternity in Christian theology. Drawing on Scripture, patristic sources, medieval scholasticism, and modern theology, it explores how Christ's Incarnation, death, and Resurrection open a "crossing point" where temporal succession intersects eternal presence. The work addresses sacramental theology (particularly Eucharistic presence), liturgical time (the Church's calendar as participation in eternity), prayer and prophecy (as temporal access to the crossing point), and eschatology (three destinations and bodily resurrection). It engages objections from philosophy (spatial metaphors for temporal realities), theology (concerns about mechanism and semi-Pelagianism), and science (thermodynamics, cosmology, entropy). Published under Creative Commons BY-NC 4.0 for free educational use. 223 pages, 40,433 words.