# Typology ## Ignatius Catholic Study Bible **Typology** Adam was a "type" of Christ: [[romans-05#^romans-05-14|Rom 5:14]] Exodus is a "type" of baptism and Christian life: [[1-corinthians-10#^1-corinthians-10-1|1 Cor 10:1-5]] Flood of Noah was a "type" or foreshadowing of baptism: [[1-peter-03#^1-peter-03-20|1 Pet 3:20-21]] Hagar and Sarah are "types" of two covenants: [[galatians-04#^galatians-04-22|Gal 4:22-26, 30-31]] Manna in the desert was a "type" of the Eucharist: [[john-06#^john-06-48|Jn 6:48-51]] Melchizedek was a "type" of Christ: [[hebrews-06#^hebrews-06-20|Heb 6:20-7]]:28 ### Sources [[index-of-doctrines|Index of Doctrines]] ## Catechism of the Catholic Church The discernment of persons, events, or things in the Old Testament which prefigured, and thus served as a "type" (or prototype) of, the fulfillment of God's plan in the person of Christ. The typology of the Old Testament which is made clear in the New Testament demonstrates the dynamic unity of the divine plan of salvation ([[1.1.2.3.pr#^ccc-128|128]]). ## Vatican II - typology (unity of the Testaments) — "the New Testament be hidden in the Old and the Old be made manifest in the New" — [[dei-verbum#^dv-16|DV ¶16]]