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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This bit about cultural appropriation suggests that many on this forum are unaware that many, many Christians do celebrate a Christian Passover and that it consists of unleavened bread to represent Christ's life free from sin and wine to represent the blood of Christ...and that the Christian passover service is symbolic of the New Covenant in Christ. Some Christian passover services also include rituals such as washing of each others' feet (though I've never been in a congregation that does this) in the way that Christ washed the feet of his disciples before the last supper.

I've never heard of a Christian Passover meal being referred to as a seder though.

I think it is maybe a bit surprising to Jews that we share so much of the same "story" of our faith? I often react in the same way when Mormon friends talk about stories or verses in the Book of Mormon. Their religion has the same Old and New Testaments that my Christian religion observes, but then they have these added sacred texts that are essential to their belief system on top of what my religion believes. And then they call themselves the One True Church. They are the REAL Christians.
So, of course it sets up an odd feeling inside me of how they are "doing it wrong"...but I don't have any animosity because I do think they are sincere in their beliefs. I don't think anyone on this thread is trying to mock Jewish people for their practices or faith. We just have varying degrees of understanding about what it is that each other believes/practice.[/quote]

No we all know the history. Just call it Christian Passover. Don’t act like you’re doing the same thing as us, when you’re clearly not.[/quote]

Do you get that she said she's not doing a Seder, and has never heard anyone call it that? Do you get that, therefore, she's not "acting like she's doing the same thing" as you?  Do you get that she literally did refer to it as a "Christian Passover meal," so it's pretty obnoxious for you to tell her to...just refer to it as a Christian Passover meal? [/quote]

because “Christian Passover” is easter. What in the world do you think “Christian Passover” could be? On the one hand you do seem to distinguish it from Easter. On the other hand you are claiming it’s not actually a Seder.  [/quote]

It’s not correct to say that Christian Passover is Easter. Easter follows Passover.[/quote]

Oh brother.  PP said "unleavened bread to represent Christ's life free from sin and wine to represent the blood of Christ...and that the Christian passover service is symbolic of the New Covenant in Christ."  THAT IS EASTER.  Do you honestly not know anything about Catholic/Christian theology and holy days?  PP is describing maundy Thursday and Good Friday.  
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But yes, PASSOVER (as in the Jewish holiday) precedes Easter. Because according to the Gospel, Good Friday happened on Passover.  To the extent Passover is incorporated into Catholic rites, it is part of Easter week.
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Entirely separately, starting in the 70s and 80s, the Catholic Church started to try to make amends for the history of anti-semitism by creating various Jewish-Catholic interfaith groups and other steps.  One trend as part of this was for rabbis to host interfaith seders.  Interfaith seders are still a thing, but generally they are understood as a Jewish seder with interfaith guests.  I can believe that this tradition morphed into some congregations having their own "seders" on their own.

Finally, as a matter of Christian theology and the OP's actual question:  Christians are not bound to observe Old Testament rites and holidays expressly because they are part of the Old Covenant, and Jesus created a New Covenant where the old laws were not required by god anymore.  That is a pretty fundamental part of Christianity, and if you can't wrap your head around it, I don't know what to say.  [/quote]

Sure, but for Jews, Passover has literally NOTHING to do with Easter or anything remotely related to Easter. [/quote]

Yes, to clarify - I am an ex-Catholic and current Jewish fellow traveler (raising my child Jewish.)  So I believe I am particularly well equipped to explain why the idea of "Christian Passover"  is a contradiction in terms on many many levels!  [/quote]

I minored in Catholic theology and you actually seem a bit confused, but carry on.[/quote]

Have you ... never read the Passion in the Gospel of John or gone to Good Friday or Holy Thursday mass?  Start with John 13.  [/quote]

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