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Bishop Sheen: Why the Jews MISSED their Messiah – and what it means for you

Bishop Fulton Sheen explains that the New Testament is the fulfillment of the Old, and that the failure to recognize Christ was not a failure of prophecy but of expectation. God's plan unfolds progressively throughout history, culminating in Jesus Christ.

Bishop Sheen: Why the Jews MISSED their Messiah – and what it means for you

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Bishop Fulton Sheen explains that the New Testament is the fulfillment of the Old, and that the failure to recognize Christ was not a failure of prophecy but of expectation.

God's plan unfolds progressively throughout history, culminating in Jesus Christ.

Sheen emphasizes that Christianity did not begin as a religion centered on a written text.

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Bishop Fulton Sheen explains that the New Testament is the fulfillment of the Old, and that the failure to recognize Christ was not a failure of prophecy but of expectation. God's plan unfolds progressively throughout history, culminating in Jesus Christ. Sheen emphasizes that Christianity did not begin as a religion centered on a written text.

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It began as the living proclamation of Christ through the apostles. The Scriptures were produced to preserve the apostolic […]

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