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ANTITYPE (Gr. avriruaos)

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 147 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANTITYPE (Gr. avriruaos)  , the correlative of " type," to which it corresponds as the See also:stamp to the See also:die, or See also:vice versa . In the sense of copy or likeness the word occurs in the See also:Greek New Testament (Heb. ix . 24; 1 See also:Peter iii . 21), See also:English " figure." By theological writers See also:antitype is employed to denote'the reality of which a type is the prophetic See also:symbol . Thus, See also:Christ is the See also:anti-type of many of the types of the Jewish See also:ritual . By the fathers of the Greek See also:church (e.g . See also:Gregory Nazianzen) antitype is employed as a designation of the See also:bread and See also:wine in the See also:sacrament of the See also:Lord's Supper .

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