Talk:Typology (theology)

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The article says The system was Christianised by Origen, but the Epistle of Barnabas takes a more allegorical approach than Origen and was a hundred years earlier. The article also points to NT scriptures that indicate an alleogrical approach, so how can Origen be the one who brought it to Christianity? 69.3.11.157 08:24, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

This refers, fairly clearly I think, to the Jewish Alexandrian system mentioned in the preceding sentence. By all means expand, with references, but be careful to keep it clear what is referencing what. All that bit comes from Male. Johnbod 14:35, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Discontinuities?

The intro of the article takes the position that the purpose of typology was the synthesizing of "discontinuities" between the Old and the New Testament. It seems that this is incorrect, at least as far as the origin of typology is concerned. Christain typology has its beginnings in St. Paul, who wrote before the New Testament canon was fixed (or even completed), and therefore could not have noticed any such "discontinuity". One could even say that Christian typology goes back to the teachings of Jesus himself—Cf. his reference to Jonah (Matthew 12:39-40, etc.). MishaPan (talk) 18:26, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

The intro might be made less emphatic on this point, but "incorrect" is surely overstating matters. Paul's awareness of the issue of "discontinuity" is hardly dependent on a fixed written canon, as the quotation in the article demonstrates. Johnbod (talk) 19:01, 24 January 2008 (UTC)