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→"Supersession" in Orthodoxy
Orthodox writers on occasion use the term "supersession" to describe the relationship between the Old and New Testaments or between certain ideas in them. According to the Orthodox Study Bible, an Orthodox priest is not merely reenacting the ancient Israelite priesthood, but is ''"a minister of a new covenant that supersedes the old"''<ref>Orthodox Study Bible, Conciliar Press, p. 1635</ref>.
Fr. Evan Armatas of Saint Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church, uses it to describe the hierarchy of importance of parts of the Bible:
:The New Testament, as we call it, is the last part of the Christian Bible, and we accept both Old and New, although we do believe that the New Testament supersedes the Old... In the Church, we keep the hierarchy of the Bible by the way we do it liturgically. Where is the Gospel? On the altar table. Where [are] the epistles and the Old Testament? Out on the side. <ref>Fr. Evan Armatas, "Formation of the New Testament Canon", Ancient Faith Radio. http://ancientfaith.com/podcasts/transforminglives/formation_of_the_new_testament_canon</ref>
Pope St. [[Leo the Great]] in his Sermon on the Passion described Old Testament elements as ceasing, or passing into or changing into New Testament ones, noting that ''"the True Sheep had to supersede the sheep which was its antitype"''.<ref>St. Leo the Great, On the Passion, VII. http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/360358.htm</ref> The idea of [[Typology]] in the Old Testament prophesying the new one is an important concept in Orthodox theology.
The Church father [[Tertullian]] commented: ''"the Creator indeed promised that "the ancient things should pass away,"(Is 43:18-19, 65:17; II Cor 5:17) to be superseded by a new course of things which should arise, whilst Christ marks the period of the separation."''<ref>Tertullian, Against Marcion, Book 3, Chapter 2. http://st-takla.org/books/en/ecf/003/0030448.html</ref> Tertullian commented on the [[Apostle Paul]]'s words that God "called you to His grace to another gospel"(Gal 1:6-7) by explaining that St. Paul means ''“'another' as to the conduct it prescribes, not in respect of its worship; … because it is the office of Christ’s gospel to call men from the law to grace."''<ref>Id.</ref>
