I think “supersession” is the wrong term.
The Church did not replace or supersede the Jews. The Church fulfilled God’s covenant with the Jews, and fulfilled many of the signs and prophecies in the Old Testament.
Numerous times in the Old Testament, God says that His Covenant with Israel is forever. And St. Paul repeats that same promise in one of his Epistles.
Many early Christians thought that the Jews would just fade away, after God made his new Covenant with His Church. But they did not, and I think a fair consideration of history reveals that God still keeps His first Covenant with those Jews who keep the faith.
Many early Christians thought that the Jews would just fade away, after God made his new Covenant with His Church. But they did not, and I think a fair consideration of history reveals that God still keeps His first Covenant with those Jews who keep the faith.
The covenant with Abraham, that Christians are explicitly part of.
Apart from Christ there is no salvation. In Christ, the old barriers are done away with.
The saint who was one of the earliest Fathers of the Church
Justin Martyr: 1st apology: Sacraments, Eucharist {Catholic/Orthodox caucus}
Justin Martyr Walks a Tightrope
Church History, Justin Martyr, Preeminent Apologist
The First Apology of St. Justin Martyr, Early Church Father (long)
St. Justin Martyr: He Considered Christianity the “True Philosophy” (March 21, 2007)
Justin Martyr on Christian worship - (the earliest record of Christian worship)
Orthodox Feast of Martyr Justin the Philosopher and those with him at Rome
St. Justin Martyr
I always thought that being Jewish was a FAITH not a race/nationality. There ARE a ton of Arab Israelis in Israel, doing the work that the Jewish Israelis don't want to do--farming, washing toilets, etc.
When I took a tour of the Holy Land (Steve & Janet Ray tour) in 2011 our guide for part of the way was a Palestinian Arab Catholic. Nice guy.