Essays on Decalogue

The statement that 80 Million (2011), a Polish film directed by Waldemar Krzystek, is less a Political Drama than lively hybrid of action movie, heist thriller and dark comedy can be quite valid. On surface, it dealt with the formation of pro-democracy Solidarity in Poland of early 80s that in fact resisted the communist rule as the main subject. But, in its depiction it features solely on small heist angle planned and executed by the Solidarity leaders under the threat of secret police. It featured an incorporation of a few simple truths of the era to play out a ...

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The central claim of supersessionism, an ancient Christian mindset that can be traced way back to the first century, is the forfeiture of God’s covenant with Jews due to their collective guilt over the death of Jesus (Cunningham 1). This ancient thinking could very well be found before the Second Vatican Council. It even found expression from Pope Pius X in a personal message to Theodor Herzl in 1904 – that the Jewish faith was the foundation of Christianity – but was replaced by the teachings of Christ (Cunningham 2). However, in the same verse in his epistle to the ...

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A New Relationship between Christians and Jews

The central claim of supersessionism, an ancient Christian mindset that can be traced way back to the first century, is the forfeiture of God’s covenant with the Jews due to their collective guilt over the death of Jesus (Cunningham 1). This ancient thinking can still be found before Vatican Council II and even found expression from Pope Pius X in a personal message to Theodor Herzl in 1904: “The Jewish faith was the foundation of our own, but it has been superseded by the teachings of Christ” (Cunningham 2). Saint Paul wrote ...