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Replacement theology (Supersessionism) asserts that Church is now the Israel of God and the rightful heir of all the covenant promises originally made to the Jews.   It has it origins in the second century under Marcion, a renegade priest who taught that there had to be a total break between the Old Testament and the New Testament including a severing of all ties between Judaism and Christianity.   This was made sacra sanct by the Council of Nicea in A.D. 325 and adopted as theologically correct by St. Augustine.   It then became a theological axiom by the Catholic Church and, for all practical purposes, remains so today.   Unfortunately it is part and parcel of mainline Protestant denominational theology today as well,  including many who espouse many aspects of reformed covenant theology.

Replacement theology fails to see that the understanding of Israel is expanded to include the “in-grafted” gentile but not at the cost of replacing or superseding Jewish Israel.   While much of Jewish Israel remains in unbelief, the Scriptures clearly indicate there will always be a “remnant” to which the promises are still valid.  The articles found in this section will continue the challenge to replacement theology that is so desperately needed today to correct the jaundiced view that many Christians have toward Israel and the Jews.