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Definitions of antitype in various dictionaries:
noun - a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by a type or symbol
noun - an opposite or contrasting type
One that is foreshadowed by or identified with an earlier symbol or type, such as a figure in the New Testament who has a counterpart in the Old Testament.
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Apr 25 2019 The Times - Cryptic |
May 24 2016 The Times - Concise |
Jul 16 2011 The Times - Cryptic |
Mar 9 2010 The Times - Concise |
Jul 13 2007 The Times - Cryptic |
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One that is foreshadowed by or identified with an earlier symbol or type, such as a figure in the New Testament who has a counterpart in the Old Testament. |
An opposite or contrasting type. |
A person or thing that represents the opposite of someone or something else. |
Something that is represented by a symbol. |
an opposite or contrasting type |
a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by a type or symbol especially a figure in the Old Testament having a counterpart in the New Testament |
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Typology in Christian theology and Biblical exegesis is a doctrine or theory concerning the relationship of the Old Testament to the New Testament. Events, persons, or statements in the Old Testament are seen as types pre-figuring or superseded by antitypes, events or aspects of Christ or his revelation described in the New Testament. For example, Jonah may be seen as the type of Christ in that he emerged from the fish's belly and thus appeared to rise from death. In the fullest version of the theory of typology, the whole purpose of the Old Testament is viewed as merely the provision of types for Christ, the antitype or fulfillment. The theory began in the Early Church, was at its most influential in the High Middle Ages, and continued to be popular, especially in Calvinism, after the Protestant Reformation, but in subsequent periods has been given less emphasis. One exception to this is the Christian Brethren of the 19th and 20th centuries, where typology was much favoured and th |