Supersessionism facts for kids

Superssessionism is the idea that one religion was true but that it stopped being true after another religion showed up to supersede it. For example, Christianity believes that Judaism was true once but that because the Jews rejected Jesus they stopped being the Chosen People and that the New Testament and a faith-based religion replaced Jewish Law. Islam also believes that God gave the Torah (or something similar to it) to the Israelites at Mount Sinai but that the Quran ultimately replaced it.

Religion
Abrahamic religions
Christianity · Islam · Judaism · Baha'i
Dharmic religions
Hinduism · Buddhism · Jainism · Sikhism
Other religions
Unitarian Universalism · Raelism · Wicca · Zoroastrianism · Eckankar · Druidry · Yoruba religion · Taoism
Nontheism
Atheism · Agnosticism · Ignosticism
Holy texts
Bible · Qur'an · Torah · Vedas · Aqdas · Avesta · Tripitaka · Adi Granth · Book of Shadows

Images for kids

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  Paul the Apostle, by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn c. 1657

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  Pope Pius XII held supersessionist views.

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  Pope John Paul II repudiated supersessionism.

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  Paul was the first major figure in Christian history to hold that Jewish law is no longer valid.

See also

In Spanish: Teoría del Reemplazo para niños