Capitulation vs Recapitulation - What's the difference?
capitulation | recapitulation |
A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.
The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.
An enumeration of the main parts of a subject.
A subsequent brief recitement or enumeration of the major points in a narrative, article, or book.
(music) The third major section of a musical movement written in sonata form, representing thematic material that originally appeared in the exposition section.
(biology) The reenactment of the embryonic development in evolution of the species.
(theology) The symmetry provided by Christ's life to the teachings of the Old Testament; the summation of human experience in Jesus Christ.
* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 144:
As nouns the difference between capitulation and recapitulation
is that capitulation is a reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement while recapitulation is recapitulation.capitulation
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(en noun)recapitulation
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(wikipedia recapitulation)Noun
(en noun)- 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.