supersessionismn.
/ˌsuːpəˈsɛʃn̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsuːpəˈsɛʃənɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsjuːpəˈsɛʃn̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsjuːpəˈsɛʃənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌsupərˈsɛʃ(ə)nɪz(ə)m/ Theology.
The belief that the New Testament covenant supersedes the Mosaic covenant of the Hebrew Bible, and that the Christian Church has displaced Israel as God's chosen people.
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1972 A. R. Eckardt in Midstream Oct. 43/1 Here are spokesmen who intrude theological supersessionism into the political domain. The fact that the church, the ‘new Israel’, has taken the place, allegedly, of the ‘old Israel’, the Jewish people, becomes the ground for political opposition to Israel.
1988 N.Y. Times 24 July iv. 26/1 By repudiating supersessionism, the Episcopal General Convention..endorsed an approach called for last year in a study paper from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
1999 J. B. Tyson Luke, Judaism, & Scholars vi. 109 Jervell's view of the Lukan church as the ‘restored Israel’ and his conviction about the divine rejection of the unbelieving Jews constitute a form of supersessionism, perhaps more subtle than earlier forms, but a form nevertheless.
2010 A. J. Reimer Christians & War ii. 26 The most extreme form of supersessionism is identified with the second-century bishop, Marcion, who was one of the first to collect New Testament writings.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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