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recapitulation in Portuguese

recapitulation in Portuguese is recapitulação — recapitulation means a subsequent brief recitement or enumeration of the major points in a narrative, article, or book.

recapitulation in Portuguese

recapitulação
noun
(theology) The symmetry provided by Christ's life to the teachings of the Old Testament; the summation of human experience in Jesus Christ.

What does "recapitulation" mean?

  1. noun A subsequent brief recitement or enumeration of the major points in a narrative, article, or book.
  2. noun (music) The part of a piece in sonata form where the earlier themes return.
  3. noun The idea that an organism's early growth mirrors stages in its species' evolutionary past.
  4. noun (theology) The idea that Christ's life restores and fulfils what came before in the Old Testament.
    "one would expect God's final purpose to be expressed in his created world, since the doctrine of recapitulation showed that this is where his plans had worked out before."
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recapitulation in a sentence

  • one would expect God's final purpose to be expressed in his created world, since the doctrine of recapitulation showed that this is where his plans had worked out before.

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What is "recapitulation" in Portuguese?
"recapitulation" in Portuguese is recapitulação. recapitulation means: A subsequent brief recitement or enumeration of the major points in a narrative, article, or book.
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