What does ectypal mean?
Ectypal means Copied, as contrasted with an archetypal original..
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/ɛkˈtaɪpəl/ · adjective
Copied, as contrasted with an archetypal original..
What would you have! do I not acknowledge a twofold state of things, the one ectypal or natural, the other archetypal and eternal? The former was created in time; the latter existed from everlasting in the mind of God.
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Ectypal means Copied, as contrasted with an archetypal original..
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What would you have! do I not acknowledge a twofold state of things, the one ectypal or natural, the other archetypal and eternal? The former was created in time; the latter existed from everlasting in the mind of God.
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