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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_20333" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_20333" /> == | ||
<p> that which answers to a type or figure. The corresponding Greek word, </p> <p> | <p> that which answers to a type or figure. The corresponding Greek word, </p> <p> '''''Ἀντίτυπος''''' '','' occurs twice in the New [[Testament]] ( Hebrews 9:24; 1 Peter 3:21), where it is rendered "figure" (q.v.). A type, in its primary and literal meaning, simply denotes a rough draught, or less accurate model, from which a more perfect image is made; but in the sacred and theological sense of the term, a type may be defined to be a symbol of something future and distant, or an example prepared and evidently designed by God to prefigure that future thing. What is thus prefigured is called the antitype. (See Type). </p> | ||
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